I am a PERL newbie, but familiar with SMTP.

I am looking for a simple implementation of an SMTP server so that I can catch an incoming SMTP message and store everything - RFC821/2821 protocol and RFC822/2822 content - verbatim for future analysis.

This server would replace a normal mail server.
A single test message would be sent.
The results would then be analysed.

I have SuperSearched here, and looked in CPAN, but can't seem to find anything.

Most of the code seems to be for sending mail to SMTP servers.

Any pointers to free code or modules would be greatly appreciated.

Alternatively, a pointer to a textbook or tutorial would give me a chance to extend my minimal PERL skills.

Apologies if there are loads of these in an obvious place which I haven't found so far.

TIA
Dave R

In reply to Simple SMTP server to catch test mail by LittleGreyCat

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