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How to check email works with no SMTP

published 1 year, 5 months ago, submitted by manovich 1 year, 5 months ago

dotnettipoftheday.org — Testing code that sends email has always been a pain. You had to set up a SMTP service just to test that your .NET application sends the e-mail correctly...

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That is just super sweet. I was building a bulk mailer and I wanted to be able to drop all the emails to a folder for review before actually sending them off. This solves the problem perfectly.

posted by RyanSmith 1 year, 5 months ago

Confusing title for their tip. Only looked into it now due to it's popularity.

"How to test if email is sending without using SMTP" or something similar would have been better.

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powerrush 1 year, 5 months ago