Sending Mail To Your File System (No Need For A Mail Server)

This is a great nuggest I came across the other day. I found this great post (http://blog.donnfelker.com/post/Sending-Email-in-a-Development-Environment-without-an-SMTP-Server.aspx) that shows how to redirect mail to a folder instead of an SMTP.  Previous to this I would send it to IIS SMTP service and look into the folders it creates.  Big pain! Now I can send email to a file system and view the email quickly.  No more waiting for the mail to reach your gmail account.

I must be honest.  I post this here for my own guilty pleasure in being able to find it next time i need it :).

  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory">
        <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="c:\temp\maildrop\"/>
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

Make sure the user/app pool/etc has write premissions to folder you have as your pickup directory.