First you need to make sure that the SMTP server is listening on port 25.
To find out if you have a service, you can try using the TELNET client, for example:
C:\> telnet localhost 25
(the telnet client is disabled by default in recent versions of Windows, you need to add / enable the Windows component from the control panel. On Linux / UNIX, the telnet client is usually the default.
$ telnet localhost 25
If it waits a long time, it means that you do not have the necessary SMTP service. If you are successfully connected, you enter something and you can enter something, the service is there.
If you do not have a service, you can use the following functions:
- A mock SMTP server that will mimic the behavior of a real SMTP server since you use Java, it is natural to offer Dumbster a fake SMTP server. This can even be done to work in JUnit tests (with installation / shutdown / verification) or independently run as a separate process for the integration test.
- If your host is Windows, you can try installing the Mercury mail server (also comes with WAMPP from Apache friends) on your local computer before working on the code.
- If your host is Linux or UNIX, try enabling an email service such as Postfix ,
- Another full-blown SMTP server in Java, such as the Apache James mail server .
If you are sure that you already have a service, maybe SMTP requires additional security credentials. If you can tell me that the SMTP server is listening on port 25, I can tell you more.
Daniel Baktiar
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