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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.0&return_msg=34426.4"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.21">21–28</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=34426.4">dummy mail server</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="34426_4_28_10"> <a name="a34426_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:33"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4">34426.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.3">34426.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I was thinking more of a bash script or sommat. But having thought about it, it wouldn't really work would it as I doubt emails are sent to sendmail as plaintext. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.4&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.5">34426.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_4" target="_self">34426.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'd prefer a Windows solution, so I can develop when I've just got my notebook on me.<br /> <br /> Something that just lets me put localhost:25 into the mail config area of Railo, then does the magic for me. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.5&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.6">34426.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_5" target="_self">34426.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well you could set up sendmail and force it to send all emails to you rather than to whoever.<br /> <br /> I doubt you're going to find a mail server that's been made to just store stuff locally rather than send. Especially for windows. Though again, sendmail may have that option, I dunno. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.6&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.7">34426.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_6" target="_self">34426.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'm halfway there... <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span><br /> <a href="http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DevNullSmtp.jsp">http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DevNullSmtp.jsp</a><br /> <br /> A Java SMTP server that redirects everything to /dev/null<br /> <br /> That'll do for now, but would be nice to get something that lets me verify my HTML is coming out as intended. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.7&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: sinkywinky<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:45</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.8">34426.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.1">34426.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Here's one. In ruby.<br /> <a href="http://rubymatt.rubyforge.org/mailtrap/">http://rubymatt.rubyforge.org/mailtrap/</a></p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.8&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:45</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.9">34426.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_7" target="_self">34426.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Oooh, and that does have an option to save the messages as .eml files.<br /> <br /> Perfect. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.9&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: sinkywinky <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.10">34426.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_8" target="_self">34426.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You needed to be two minutes sooner. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span><br /> <br /> Thanks though, that looks like it would do what I want too. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.10&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.11">34426.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_7" target="_self">34426.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Surely you could replicate that just by setting your mail server to /dev/null? Which was going to be my suggestion until you said you wanted to save the content.<br /> <br /> Wouldn't it be easier to just (while testing) replace your mail-sending function with a saving-to-html-files function? Rather than sending mails over a net socket to a server which is essentially doing the same thing. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.11&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 15:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 15:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.12">34426.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_11" target="_self">34426.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> My mail server is currently on the other side of the Internet.<br /> (And I think I've blocked it from external connections too.)<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">Wouldn't it be easier to just (while testing) replace your mail-sending function with a saving-to-html-files function?</div><br /> <br /> No, because that would:<br /> <br /> 1) Be violating the golden rule of testing. (make the test environments as close to live as possible).<br /> <br /> 2) Require five times as many lines of code. Including setting up an application mode to check against. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=34426.12&return_msg=34426.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="34426.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a34426_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_34426_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">25 May 2008 16:00</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2008 16:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 28</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.13">34426.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=34426.4#a34426_12" target="_self">34426.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> 1) Says who? Engineers probably. 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