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Using The Mock SMTP Email Service

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Joshua Zenn edited this page Mar 15, 2022 · 2 revisions

When running the Docker Compose stack locally, there is a service called email that provides fake SMTP support for the application. You can access your email inbox by visiting localhost:3000 while the stack is running.

Key things to note:

  • Your email inbox is wiped every time you restart the Docker Compose stack. Create an issue if you would like your emails to remain across restarts.
  • TLS is disabled (for now).
  • The fake SMTP service is local to your machine. No real emails are ever sent.
  • The fake SMTP service provides no validation of any kind on the messages it receives.
  • The web GUI for the fake SMTP service is able to show a limited subset of HTML that is similar to the capabilities of other common email clients. If it doesn't show up in the web GUI, it probably won't show up in a real email client.
  • JavaScript does work to a certain extent inside the fake SMTP inbox, but JavaScript does not work in a real email client for security reasons.
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