# Troubleshooting with SWAKS

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Use SWAKS, the Swiss Army Knife for SMTP, to troubleshoot email delivery problems, bypassing the platform entirely and reducing variables and confounders. 
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For an introduction to SWAKS see the following page: 

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[Use SWAKS for testing and troubleshooting](/docs/transactional/use-swaks-for-testing-and-troubleshooting.md)
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For installation on Ubuntu:

`sudo apt-get install swaks`


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