Re: Testing an Email path !

Baron wrote:

I need to check whether an Email path is working or not ! So I am
looking for a way of automating sending a test mail from one machine
to another machine and having the receiving machine send a mail back
in response.

I know that I can use cron to send a fixed message via smtp and that I
can ask for a MDN if that hasn't been turned off. But I haven't a
clue how to get an automatic response or how to make a mail client do
that.

I'm using Open SuSE 10.2, 10.3 and 11.0 KDE 3 DE.

Thanks in advance.

Hey Guys Thanks. "procmail" I learnt something new today !
I'm going to spend some time reading and playing with it !

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Just in case anybody wants to know why I want to test Email paths, it is
because my ISP keeps turning the smtp and pop off. I get regular
periods where I can be without Email for a couple of hours at a time.
The servers don't respond to pings even when they are working and mail
both ways just disappears into a black hole.

I can send mail via another ISP during these outages and can access
webmail but nothing comes in from anywhere via pop.

So I want to set up a method of testing that I can record and log the
times and duration of the outages ! Then I have something that I can
prove it is happening. The ISP of course denies that it happens.
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If anyone knows a better way please shout.
Thanks once again.

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Best Regards:
Baron.
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