Debugging with MockMailHost
by
Ross Patterson
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last modified
May 12, 2008 11:16 AM
Using the mock MailHost on a real instance
I often find the need to debug user registration or other functionality that involves sending mail through the MailHost where I either don't want the mail to go out, or I want to intercept it for examination or both. Using "zopectl debug" I replace the MailHost with a MockMailHost as follows::
>>> app.Plone._delObject('MailHost')
>>> from Products.PasswordResetTool.tests import utils
>>> mail_host = utils.MockMailHost('MailHost')
>>> app.Plone._setObject('MailHost', mail_host)
'MailHost'
>>> app.Plone.MailHost
<MockMailHost at /Plone/MailHost>
>>> import transaction
>>> transaction.commit()
Then using PDBDebugMode or "zopectl debug" again, the messages sent through the MailHost can be examined as follows::
(Pdb) print self.MailHost.messages[-1]
I have long intended to build a package with a GenericSetup profile that will do this for me, but I wanted to get this out there for now. Enjoy!
