soveran / mailcat

Fake SMTP server that prints emails to stdout

mailcat

Fake SMTP server that prints emails to stdout.

Description

This program binds to port 25 by default (you may need to use sudo) and streams to stdout all the incoming emails. If you want to run it in a different port, pass the port number as the first argument.

Examples

Print emails to stdout:

$ sudo mailcat

Tell mailcat to bind to port 2525 instead:

$ mailcat 2525

Run it in the background:

$ mailcat &

Installation

Download the latest release or check the available packages. You can also compile the source code in the master branch.

Install mailcat into /usr/local/bin with the following command:

$ make install

You can use make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install if you wish to use a different destination. If you want to remove mailcat from your system, use make uninstall.

Contributing

If you find a bug, please create an issue detailing the ways to reproduce it. If you have a suggestion, create an issue detailing the use case.