While testing e-mail notifications in SOA it is very handy to have a local mail server for testing.
It is very easy to install a local mail server. Lets see how to do it.
Download the latest production release HMail server from here.
We need to install and configure the local mail server in 5 steps.
STEP 1 : Install the mail server.
STEP 2 : Add the entries in the host file.
STEP 3 : Add exception to the windows firewall.
STEP 4 : Configure the local mail server domain.
STEP 5 : Configure Thunderbird for the local server.