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I find mailtrap.io really handful, how anybody would prefer this option? genuine question

• shagie 3y ago
  My work machine is prohibited from connecting to port 25 outside of the accepted work systems. When on VPN, I can't even connect to port 25 within the local networks. docker run -d --name=mailpit --restart unless-stopped -p 8025:8025 -p 1025:1025 axllent/mailpit I can connect to port 1025 just fine. --- This test data isn't something that should be leaving the local network either. Can you run mailtrap.io on your local machine or in your data center? --- Oops, I accidentally set it to send all the emails. How much does it cost to handle 500 email in the next few minutes? Mailpit is free. --- That 500 test email that were sent to mailpit, they're correct and should be sent out to the testers. https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/wiki/SMTP-relay https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/wiki/SMTP-relay What is the cost to forward 500 emails this week? And again next week? --- Mailpit (and its predecessor Mailhog) were not difficult at all to spin up and test. Any developer with docker running on their machine can do local testing without any issues. Data never leaves the machine or intranet - this makes security types sweat less.
  • francislavoie 3y ago
    I prefer mailtrap because I can show others what mails I produce in testing looks like in their browser. Also nice for staging environments that aren't local dev environments. Zero infrastructure setup. But yeah it depends on your business needs.
• brightball 3y ago
  Fwiw, I use mailtrap.io for non-prod environments outside of my local machine. Locally, this is a better option when other people don’t need access to it.
• jawngee 3y ago
  mailtrap has a send limit on the free plan.