: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Recommendations for testing e-mail output
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking at writing a test for an e-mail that's generated
> by Perl.
> I'm wondering about the best way to do this.
Mark Stosberg wrote:
I'm looking at writing a test for an e-mail that's generated by Perl.
I'm wondering about the best way to do this.
A colleague of mine wrote fakesmtpd just for such an occasion -
http://www.jera.com/tools/fakesmtpd/. It's written in Perl.
--
Danny R. Faught
Tejas Software
When I encounter something like this, I usually just temporarily override the
function/method that
actually sends the mail:
my $email_text;
my $mail_func = 'My::Mail::Module::send';
{
no warnings 'redefine';
local *$mail_func = sub { $email_text = shift };
}
ok($email_text, "$m
Hello,
I'm looking at writing a test for an e-mail that's generated by Perl.
I'm wondering about the best way to do this. Here are some possibilities
I have considered:
- use Test::Mail. While it's designed for the task, I'm not fond of the
complexity of setting up an e-mail address which sen
