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Easily test sending and receiving email locally using MailHog

Published September 23, 2022 in Java , Testing - 0 Comments

A java application which I work on has a feature to send emails via the corporate SMTP server to notify certain personnel whenever an error occurs. For security reasons, only servers within a certain networks can access the SMTP server and send emails. For instance, the computer which I use to build the application does not have access to the SMTP server. When searching for an email testing tool, I stumbled upon MailHog. Within minutes, I was able to run MailHog and test sending emails without having to deploy the app to the remote servers.

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