* Mailspy

Mailspy is a mock SMTP server for used during development of applications that send email. Mailspy will serve a compliant, mock SMTP server that an application can connect to, while in development mode. It will accept emails and display them in a web interface that it serves.

** Installation

Mailspy is available in binary distribution for 64-bit linux systems.

#+begin_src sh
curl https://objects.5sigma.io/public/conductor.tar.gz | tar -xz 
#+end_src

* Usage

Execute the mailspy binary:

#+begin_src sh
./mailspy
#+end_src

Then set your application to use the following smtp settings:

*SMTP Server*: localhost
*Port*: 7778
*Username*: Any value
*Password*: Any value
*TLS*: None/Unsecured
*Authorization Type*: Basic Auth

View emails in the web interface served at:

http://localhost:7777

** Command line switches

- The SMTP port can be can be configured with -s <port>
- The HTTP port for the web interface can be configured with -h <port> 


* Development

The core application Rust application is located in /src folder. This contains both the SMTP and HTTP servers. The web interface is located in /ui and is a Svelte application.

The application will automatically bundle the svelte application within the binary during build.

** Setting up development:

#+begin_src sh
git clone https://git.5sigma.io/mailspy/mailspy.git
cd mailspy
cd ui
npm install
#+end_src

** Building

#+begin_src sh
cd ui
npm run build
cd ..
cargo build --release
#+end_src