About MultiMail 2.0
MultiMail 2.0 is a multi-threaded SMTP stress testing program which also doubles up as a handy
tool for anti-Spam software development. It starts multiple threads, each sending
a large number of mails in parallel to a specified SMTP server. MultiMail 2.0 is
freeware and can be used by anyone without the author's explicit permission.
How it came about?
Version 1.0
I wrote the first version while I was developing my own anti-Spam program Pop 3 Protector
(discontinued). I used it to bombard test POP accounts with a large amount of
email from multiple fake email addresses and with multiple subject headers.
A few months ago [here the current time is Feb 2002], I was asked to try out three different Linux based SMTP
servers and decide on the fastest one. That's when I got a chance to use this
tool once again. I sent huge amounts of mail through each server and recorded
connection and mail delivery speeds. To increase the load I made the program
multi-threaded. The user can set the number of threads to use. In this
particular version I have restricted this number to 10, to prevent malicious
people from misusing this program. But for anyone who wants to
use this as an SMTP stress tester, 10 threads running in parallel, each thread
sending 1000 mails each, should be quite good enough.
Actually there is a sneaky way to over-ride the restrictions, which is by
running multiple instances of the program. But for some strange reason I have
noticed that this will considerably slow down the user's machine and I hope that
will deter people from trying it out.
Version 2.0
Version 2.0 uses the ATL7 SMTP and MIME classes and so I have removed all my
Winsock-SMTP-chat code from the program. This has enabled me to add support for
attachments which is quite handy.
Sending mail using the ATL7 classes
- Include the required header file
#include <atlsmtpconnection.h>
Call CoInitialize
CoInitialize(0);
And write code similar to below snippet
CMimeMessage msg;
msg.SetSender(strSender);
msg.AddRecipient(strRecepient);
msg.SetSubject(strSubject);
msg.AddText(strBody);
msg.AttachFile(strAttachFile);
CSMTPConnection conn;
conn.Connect(server);
BOOL bSuccess = conn.SendMessage(msg);
conn.Disconnect();
CoUninitialize();
History
- v1.0 - 22 Feb 2002
- v2.0 - 05 Oct 2003
Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.
Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.
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