MailDev SMTP Capture and Email Testing Server

MailDev SMTP Capture and Email Testing Server

MailDev is a local SMTP server with a web UI and REST API for capturing application email during development. It lets agents and test workflows inspect messages, attachments, and relay behavior without touching real inboxes.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• $ docker run -p 1080:1080 -p 1025:1025 maildev/maildev
• npm install
• npm run dev
• To lint your code before submitting your PR, run npm run lint.

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated email during development, with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine built on top of Node.js.

• Docker Run

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• | Options | Environment variable | Description |

• | -------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

• | -s, --smtp | MAILDEV_SMTP_PORT | SMTP port to catch mail |

• Source: https://github.com/maildev/maildev

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maildev/maildev/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• http://maildev.github.io/maildev/

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange