NAME
smtp-source - multi-threaded SMTP test generator
SYNOPSIS
smtp-source [options] host[:port]
DESCRIPTION
smtp-source connects to the named host and port (default 25) and sends one or more little messages to it, either sequentially or in parallel.
Options:
- -c
-
Display a running counter that is incremented each time an SMTP DATA command completes.
- -C count
-
When a host sends RESET instead of SYN|ACK, try count times before giving up. The default count is 1. Specify a larger count in order to work around a problem with TCP/IP stacks that send RESET when the listen queue is full.
- -d
-
Don't disconnect after sending a message; send the next message over the same connection.
- -f from
-
Use the specified sender address (default: <foo@myhostname>).
- -o
-
Old mode: don't send HELO, and don't send message headers.
- -l length
-
Send length bytes as message payload.
- -m message_count
-
Send the specified number of messages (default: 1).
- -r recipient_count
-
Send the specified number of recipients per transaction (default: 1). Recipient names are generated by prepending a number to the recipient address. The default is one recipient per transaction.
- -s session_count
-
Run the specified number of SMTP sessions in parallel (default: 1).
- -t to
-
Use the specified recipient address (default: <foo@myhostname>).
- -R interval
-
Wait for a random period of time 0 <= n <= interval between messages. Suspending one thread does not affect other delivery threads.
- -w interval
-
Wait a fixed time between messages. Suspending one thread does not affect other delivery threads.
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA