🧀Use SWAKS for testing and troubleshooting
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SWAKS is a vital tool to learn for testing and troubleshooting your ESP platform.
When you use SWAKS for troubleshooting, you're reducing variables and confounders that may be caused by the software you're introducing into your email ecosystem.
Install SWAKS using one of the methods on their installation page:
Test to see if you can connect to a port on your ESP platform using the DNS hostname:
A successful connection will look something like the following:
If connecting using the DNS hostname fails, try the IP address of your VPS instead:
*** Note: You must use the real IP address of your Linux VPS above, not "1.2.3.4", it's a placeholder.
SWAKS syntax basics
Type swaks --help to see some example use cases and documentation.
Use the real email address you want to send this message from here:
Use the real email address you want to send this message to here:
Your ESP platform DNS or IP:
Your ESP platform listens for STMP Relay on Ports 587, 2525, and 8025:
Tell your ESP platform to use a username and password for authentication:
Use your user API Key for your username:
*** Note: You must use your real user account API Key above, not "S8PHFSJyyc7GuYbJ2SHFVq", it's a placeholder.
Use your user API Key for your password:
*** Note: You must use your real user account API Key above, not "S8PHFSJyyc7GuYbJ2SHFVq", it's a placeholder.
Putting it all together:
A successful message will look something like the following:
Using your ESP platform's custom SMTP headers with SWAKS:
Tag your message:
Choose a postal route for this message:
*** Note: You must use the real postal route ID above, not "AjdytEc4dzfYhuk9nWCq6Y", it's a placeholder.
Use a transactional template for this message instead of --body:
*** Note: You must use the real transactional template ID above, not "MsmsEaZZDxYyBJyVXXwA2A", it's a placeholder.
ChatGPT is an expert SWAKS user.
Ask it how to do anything you need to test with SWAKS and it will know.
