Bulkmail::DummyServer(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				Bulkmail::DummyServer(3pm)

NAME

       Mail::Bulkmail::DummyServer - dummy class for dummy server objects

AUTHOR

       Jim Thomason, jim@jimandkoka.com

DESCRIPTION

       Mail::Bulkmail::DummyServer is a drop in replacement for Mail::Bulkmail::Server.

       Sometimes you just want to test things on your end - make sure your list iterates properly, make sure your mail merge is functioning fine,
       make sure your logging functions are correct, whatever.	And in those cases, you probably don't want to worry about futzing around with
       your SMTP relay and sending junk messages through it that you don't care about. Not to mention the fact that those probably will need to be
       inspected and deleted later. A hassle for debugging.

       Enter DummyServer. This is a subclass of Mail::Bulkmail::Server that behaves exactly the same except for the fact that it doesn't actually
       connect to a server. Instead, it sends all data that would be going to the server to a file instead. This file should be specified in the
       conf file.

	#in your conf file
	define package Mail::Bulkmail::DummyServer
	dummy_file     = ./my.dummy.file

       Now, instead of sending commands to your SMTP relay, they'll get sent to ./my.dummy.file for easy inspection at a later date.

CLASS ATTRIBUTES

       dummy_file Stores the dummy_file that you want to output your data to.

METHODS

       connect	  "connects" to your DummyServer. Actually, internally it ties a filehandle onto this package.	Yes, this thing has a (minimal)
		  implementation of a tied handle class to accomplish this feat.

		  This method is known to return

		   MBDu001 - server won't say EHLO

       disconnect overloaded disconnect method. Wipes out the internal socket as usual, but doesn't try to say RSET or QUIT to the server.

		  disconnect can also disconnect quietly, i.e., it won't try to issue a RSET and then quit before closing the socket.

		   $server->disconnect();			  #issues RSET and quit
		   $server->disconnect('quietly');	  #issues nothing

SEE ALSO

       Mail::Bulkmail::Server

COPYRIGHT (again)
       Copyright and (c) 2003 James A Thomason III (jim@jimandkoka.com). All rights reserved.  Mail::Bulkmail::DummyServer is distributed under
       the terms of the Perl Artistic License.

CONTACT INFO

       So you don't have to scroll all the way back to the top, I'm Jim Thomason (jim@jimandkoka.com) and feedback is appreciated.  Bug
       reports/suggestions/questions/etc.  Hell, drop me a line to let me know that you're using the module and that it's made your life easier.
       :-)

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-04						Bulkmail::DummyServer(3pm)