On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> I've been wondering about sketching out the required test environment in
> terms of services/hosts requirements - for example it needs:-
> * DNS services including DNSBL
I run my own name server with a private zone containing test data.
> * SMTP - to receive messages from exim, callback checks etc
> * SMTP sender - something needs to send mail to exim :-)
In both those cases, I either use exim to send to and receive from
itself (you can do exciting things with macros in config files), or I
use my little "pretend to be a client/server" programs that can be made
to (mis)behave under script control.
> * Databases - lots of possibilities there... Can we just check
> the lookup mechanisms work and then not worry about further
> tests (unless it needs to be r/w)
That's all I do; very simple tests too.
> * Ident
> * "Good" host sender - not on RBL
> * "Bad" host sender - on RBLs etc
I use my test DNS zone for those kinds of test.
> * Broken SMTP senders (no HELO, broken HELO, broken sender, SPAM
> pump and dump (ie just send all commands in one block) etc
My little test programs can do that.
Philip
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