JMeter provides various options to handle email related scenarios in
load testing activities. We already saw how we can send an email using
JMeter in earlier post.
This post now covers JMeter Mail Reader Sampler which can be used to
receive emails from JMeter. This mail reading feature helps in number of
scenarios like email verification, email confirmation etc.
We will use Mail Reader Sampler of JMeter to read an email. JavaMail API is needed to enable email functionality in JMeter. Download it from here and paste the JAR in JMeter’s lib folder. Now, perform below steps to configure JMeter Mail Reader Sampler.
We will use Mail Reader Sampler of JMeter to read an email. JavaMail API is needed to enable email functionality in JMeter. Download it from here and paste the JAR in JMeter’s lib folder. Now, perform below steps to configure JMeter Mail Reader Sampler.
- Add a new Thread Group under Test Plan.
- Right click on Thread Group and select Add–>Sampler–>Mail Reader Sampler. Once added, we need to provide IMAP/POP3 server details in sampler.
- We will use GMail’s IMAP protocol for receiving an email in JMeter. Therefore, set Protocol value to ‘imaps’. Similarly enter ‘imap.googlemail.com’ and ‘993’ as server host and port values respectively.
- Provide valid user name and password values.
- We can also specify number mails we want to receive.
- As GMail requires SSL, select ‘Use SSL’ radio button in Security Settings section.
- After performing all above steps, your Mail Reader Sampler should be displayed as below image.
- Run your test!
