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jg0888
Contributor
7 years ago

Does anyone use automation to check emails sent by the application they are testing?

Part of the requirements for many of our processes include emails that get sent out to managers and/or employees. I was curious if anyone has used Smartbear to interact with their email system (ex. M...
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chicks
Regular Contributor
7 years ago

best if you use a standard email address that's only used for the automation,  with a web based interface like gmail for instance....

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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    7 years ago
    chicks wrote:

    best if you use a standard email address that's only used for the automation,  with a web based interface like gmail for instance....

    That works.  However, two things about that.

     

    1) As mentioned before, automating the web based interface is basically automating an application that you don't maintain or have control over so you are, effectively, testing something that doesn't need testing.  Basically, the same "problem" as automating the Outlook client.  

     

    2) In my regulated industry, we have certain things put in place to protect information... one of which is a firewalled prohibition to using web based e-mail clients.  So, if you have such a situation, this won't help.