MailHog Email Testing

About

The MailHog skill provides a robust framework for managing MailHog, an essential tool for developers testing email functionality without the risk of sending messages to real users. It enables seamless server configuration—supporting various storage backends like MongoDB and Maildir—and facilitates complex testing scenarios through API interactions and 'Jim' chaos engineering simulations. Whether you're integrating SMTP testing into a CI/CD pipeline or debugging local application emails, this skill offers the commands and patterns needed to streamline email capture and verification.

Key Features

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• Comprehensive server lifecycle management and port configuration
• Persistent storage setup using MongoDB or file-based Maildir
• Framework-specific configuration patterns for Node.js and Python
• REST API integration for automated email retrieval and verification
• Advanced network simulation (Jim) for resilience testing

Use Cases

• Setting up a local SMTP catch-all server during application development
• Automating email delivery assertions within CI/CD pipelines
• Testing application resilience against mail server failures or delays