CLI tool for testing SMTP over Telnet.
smtp-test is a very crude testing tool to save the hassle of using Telnet or Netcat manually.
To install the tool run npm install -g smtp-test.
The tool makes available the smtptest command and requires a test file as the first parameter.
e.g. smtptest localmail.test.json
To generate a sample test file simply run smtptest -c filename.json
The test file format is as follows:
{
"server": "localhost",
"port": 3000,
"from": "user@localhost",
"to": "user@destination.com",
"data": "Hello from smtp-test..!",
"header": {
"From": "user@localhost",
"To": "user@destination.com",
"Reply-To": "user@localhost",
"Date": "2013-02-13T23:06:14.507Z",
"Subject": "SMTP Test",
"Content-Type": "plain/text"
}
}
*Additional headers can also be specified.
Note:
The .json test file is simply being included with the standard require method, so you could also use a .js or .coffee file to include dynamic parameters like new Date() for the date header.