Re: test imap and pop3

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:11:52 +0200, Petterson Mikael wrote:

Andrew Thompson skrev:
Petterson Mikael wrote:
..
I am writing an email client in java ( open source) and need to test
if I can retrieve the messages. Do you know of any servers that can
provide this service for me?

I am no expert on this area, but was playing with some source recently
that allowed me to access my GMail account. I suspect most web based
email services would offer programmatic access.

That is what you are talking about, right?


Hi,

I am using javamail api from sun. I need see if the code that I have
written works ok! I want to write a test that can test both IMAP and
POP3 support in my client.

I really need mail servers that have IMAP/POP3 support so that I can see
that I get my mail.

cheers,

//mikael

About, say, 90% of all email providers use POP3, including most free web-
based email providers (Gmail, Yahoo!, and Hotmail all do). Chances are
that your ISP email account is using a POP server as well.

IMAP is more of a problem because many email providers don't use it. For
that, the best thing I can think of would be to set up your own IMAP
server (easy to do if you're running linux).
.

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