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You can test your installation by using telnet to connect to port 25 on a cluster node. However, the swaks tool provides an easier way to test your installation.

Note

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Assuming that the user admin is configured to receive email at example.org, you can send a test message in the following way. Log in to a node, then go to the command line and issue the command:

shell> swaks -t admin@example.org -f root@centos32 -s localhost

Doing this sends an email to admin@example.org through the mail server on localhost. The received message should be similar to the following:

From root@centos32 Mon Aug 09 11:12:11 2010
Return-path: <root@centos32>
Envelope-to: admin@example.org
Delivery-date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:12:11 -0400
Received: from centos32.lan ([192.168.0.56] helo=centos32)
  by kubuntu with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
  (envelope-from <root@centos32>)
  id 1OiU1L-00020b-84
  for admin@example.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:12:11 -0400
Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([127.0.0.1:50033] helo=centos32)
  by centos32 (envelope-from <root@centos32>)
  (ecelerity 3.0.24.37068 r(37071)) with ESMTP
  id 80/00-02010-982EF5C4; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:12:09 -0400
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:12:09 -0400
Message-ID: <0.00.02010.982EF5C4@centos32>
To: admin@example.org
From: root@centos32
Subject: test Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:12:09 -0400
X-Mailer: swaks v20061116.0 jetmore.org/john/code/#swaks
Status: O
Content-Length: 24
Lines: 2

This is a test mailing

In this example, for the sake of clarity, the server is specified using the -s option. If Momentum is hosted on the local machine this option is not required. However, if you wish to connect to an MTA from a remote computer you must ensure that relaying is configured correctly and that swaks is available on the remote computer.

To learn more about swaks navigate to the swaks website.

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