Fake_SMTP_Server

For thorough testing of the email functionality of the Checksum Checker application, an SMTP server is required.

Fake SMTP Server can be used to substitute for a functional an SMTP server in environment without one (such as a local Windows machine).

Prerequisites:

• Checksum Checker source files.
• ANT istalled
• JRE or JDK installed.

Note: Attempting to start Fake SMTP Server on a system where an SMTP server is already running will result in an error.

Building Fake SMTP Server

To install the Fake SMTP Server from the command line:

1. Go to the location of the RollingChecker build.xml file in your dpr source directory. For example:

cd source/RollingChecker/

2. Enter :

ant make_test_jar

Result: The checkertestutils.jar file is created in the RollingChecker/dist/ folder.

Starting Fake SMTP Server

To start the Fake SMTP Server from the command line:

1. Go to RollingChecker/dist/

2. Enter:

java -jar checkertestutils.jar fake_smtp_server -localhost -<select_a_port_number>

Result: Fake SMTP Server will run, listening on the specified port number of localhost. All emails sent from Checksum Checker will be displayed in the terminal.

Note: The port number is arbitrary and must correspond to the port number listed in the Checksum Checker configuration settings.