From 9477cdaffa1a6240111898d5cb3e36be5e590ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:54:09 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Robin lurves him some MailCatcher --- docs/TESTING.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/TESTING.md b/docs/TESTING.md index 4f64345cf..b2e97601f 100644 --- a/docs/TESTING.md +++ b/docs/TESTING.md @@ -36,4 +36,11 @@ original request and the one for the destination. Check out the `wikipedia.response` and `wikipedia_redirected.response` files in `spec/fixtures/oneboxer` for an example. You can also consider working directly with the final URL for simplicity. - \ No newline at end of file + + +## MailCatcher + +Discourse depends heavily on (sending) email for notifications. We use [MailCatcher](http://mailcatcher.me/) +to test emails. It's super convenient! + +> MailCatcher runs a super simple SMTP server which catches any message sent to it to display in a web interface. Run mailcatcher, set your favourite app to deliver to smtp://127.0.0.1:1025 instead of your default SMTP server, then check out http://127.0.0.1:1080 to see the mail that's arrived so far.