I have a Django application running locally and I’d like to test the “send_mail()” functionality. Currently, I’m able to turn on postfix using the following command in Terminal:
sudo postfix start
Once I turn on postfix, I run the following command in Terminal:
telnet localhost 25
Those two steps seem to be working because the “send_mail()” function does not fail or result in an exception. Unfortunately, I’m not sure what I should do next to see the emails it’s sending. I tried to configure Mail.app to connect to localhost, but no such luck.
Does anyone have insight into what I need to do next to see the emails that postfix is sending?
you could try using the django email test server?
see the docs at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/email/#testing-e-mail-sending
emails will just be listed as you send them.