[Papercut][1] is likely what you want, though it is **only compatible with Windows**.


  [1]: https://github.com/changemakerstudios/papercut

Another local test SMTP server application:
https://nilhcem.github.io/FakeSMTP/

Awesome, free, cross-platform, and even runs well in a VM environment like Vagrant: http://mailcatcher.me/ 

You may want to look at [NDdumbster][1] 


  [1]: http://ndumbster.sourceforge.net/default.html

I&#39;m trying to nest content tags into a custom helper, to create something like this:

    &lt;div class=&quot;field&quot;&gt;
       &lt;label&gt;A Label&lt;/label&gt;
       &lt;input class=&quot;medium new_value&quot; size=&quot;20&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;value_name&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;

Note that the input is not associated with a form, it will be saved via javascript.

Here is the helper (it will do more then just display the html):

    module InputHelper
	    def editable_input(label,name)
		     content_tag :div, :class =&gt; &quot;field&quot; do
 		   	  content_tag :label,label
 			  text_field_tag name,&#39;&#39;, :class =&gt; &#39;medium new_value&#39;
		     end
        end
	end

    &lt;%= editable_input &#39;Year Founded&#39;, &#39;companyStartDate&#39; %&gt;

However, the label is not displayed when I call the helper, only the input is displayed.  If it comment out the text_field_tag, then the label is displayed.

Thanks!


Rails- nested content_tag


I am trying to get a feel of how to design and think in an Object Oriented manner and want to get some feedback from the community on this topic. The following is an example of a chess game that I wish to design in an OO manner. This is a very broad design and my focus at this stage is just to identify who is responsible for what messages and how the objects interact each other to simulate the game. Please point out if there are elements of bad design (high coupling, bad cohesion etc.) and how to improve on them. 

The Chess game has the following classes

 - Board
 - Player
 - Piece
 - Square
 - ChessGame

The Board is made up of squares and so Board can be made responsible for creating and managing Square objects. Each piece also is on a square so each piece also has a reference to the square it is on. (Does this make sense?). Each piece then is responsible to move itself from one square to another.
Player class holds references to all pieces he owns and is also responsible for their creation (Should player create Pieces?) . Player has a method takeTurn which in turn calls a method movePiece which belongs to the piece Class which changes the location of the piece from its current location to another location. Now I am confused on what exactly the Board class must be responsible for. I assumed it was needed to determine the current state of the game and know when the game is over. But when a piece changes it&#39;s location how should the board get updated? should it maintain a seperate array of squares on which pieces exist and that gets updates as pieces move? 

Also, ChessGame intially creates the Board and player objects who in turn create squares and pieces respectively and start the simulation. Briefly, this might be what the code in ChessGame may look like


    Player p1 =new Player();
    Player p2 = new Player();
    
    Board b = new Board();
    
    while(b.isGameOver())
    {
      p1.takeTurn(); // calls movePiece on the Piece object
      p2.takeTurn();
    
    }

I am unclear on how the state of the board will get updated. Should piece have a reference to board? Where should be the responsibility lie? Who holds what references? Please help me with your inputs and point out problems in this design. I am deliberately not focusing on any algorithms or further details of game play as I am only interested in the design aspect. I hope this community can provide valuable insights.  

Object Oriented Design for a Chess game

When I&#39;m developing something that sends email, I sometimes don&#39;t want to actually send any email, but I do want to see what email would be sent using live data. However, there&#39;s not an easy way to do this, as I haven&#39;t found a local SMTP server that will receive my mail and then just hold it for me in a queue so I can view it.

In Windows XP and Vista, I used the locally installed SMTP server and just set it to deliver to a smart host that didn&#39;t exist - the mail just sat in the &quot;inetput\mailroot\queue&quot; folder forever, and I could view it whenever I wanted to. However, in Windows 7, there&#39;s no longer an integrated SMTP server, and though I&#39;ve found a number of SMTP servers that can be installed locally and relay mail for me, I want one that **won&#39;t** relay mail.

Does anybody have suggestions on how to accomplish this functionality? I&#39;ve considered writing my own, but implementing the whole RFC spec seemed like a big task if there&#39;s something out there. Maybe there&#39;s an open-source project that I could modify just to write the mail to disk instead of delivering it.

Local SMTP server that can be used for testing and development - won&#39;t actually deliver mail

When I'm developing something that sends email, I sometimes don't want to actually send any email, but I do want to see what email would be sent using live data. However, there's not an easy way to do this, as I haven't found a local SMTP server that will receive my mail and then just hold it for me in a queue so I can view it.
In Windows XP and Vista, I used the locally installed SMTP server and just set it to deliver to a smart host that didn't exist - the mail just sat in the "inetput\mailroot\queue" folder forever, and I could view it whenever I wanted to. However, in Windows 7, there's no longer an integrated SMTP server, and though I've found a number of SMTP servers that can be installed locally and relay mail for me, I want one that won't relay mail.
Does anybody have suggestions on how to accomplish this functionality? I've considered writing my own, but implementing the whole RFC spec seemed like a big task if there's something out there. Maybe there's an open-source project that I could modify just to write the mail to disk instead of delivering it.

I have a batch file daily.bat, this is the code:

    cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron
    c:\PHP\php.exe -f ./cron_pdf.php
    ftp -s:ftp_upload.txt ftp.site.be

And I created a task with task scheduler in Windows 7. When I run the batch manually, everything goes fine, but when I try to run it with the task scheduler nothing happens.

My action is 

    &#39;run script&#39; &quot;C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site\x\cron\daily.bat&quot;

UAC is off and I am Admin.

Any idea why this is not working?

Run a batch file with Windows task scheduler

I&#39;ve been using Git on both Windows and Ubuntu during the development of a small project, frequently flipping back and forth between the two. The issue is that *Git Bash* consistently becomes slow.

When I say slow, I mean that running `cd` takes anywhere from 8-25 seconds, running `git` commands take from 5-20 seconds, and `ls` can take up to 30 seconds sometimes. Needless to say, this is not fun, not to mention unproductive. I know Git is slower on Windows, but this is ridiculous.

The one solution which has worked--temporarily--for me has been to disable my network connection (as suggested in [this answer][1]), start Git Bash, and then reconnect. Sometimes it continues to run quickly for days after doing that, but the performance always degrades eventually. I&#39;ve trawled through the msysgit discussion group, Stack&amp;nbsp;Overflow, msysgit issue list, etc. on and off for weeks, but I haven&#39;t been able to turn up solutions which work.

So far, I&#39;ve tried:

 - Adding Git &amp; project folders to the virus scanner&#39;s exclusion list
 - Disabling my virus scanner completely (Kaspersky IS 2011)
 - Ensuring that Outlook is not running (Outlook 2007)
 - Shutting down all other applications
 - Running Git Bash as administrator
 - Disabling network connection, starting Git Bash, and keeping connection disabled
 - Disabling network connection, starting Git Bash, re-enabling connection (works only occasionally)
 - Running `git gc`
 - And combinations of the above

I did read that a couple of people had success disabling Bash completion, but ideally I&#39;d like to keep that active. The version of msysgit is 1.7.3.1-preview20101002 &amp; the OS is Windows 7 x64. Running the same things on Linux is, predictably, lightning fast. I would use Linux exclusively, but I need to run stuff in Windows, too (certain applications, testing, etc.).

Has anyone encountered a similar issue? If so, what was the underlying problem and what was the solution (if any)?

This extends beyond just the Git repositories, but just for reference, the repositories I&#39;ve been using Git with have been pretty small: ~4-50 files maximum.

  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2835775/msysgit-bash-is-horrendously-slow-in-windows-7



Git Bash is extremely slow on Windows 7 x64

[Cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) - How would I find the Cygwin&#39;s version which has been installed on my machine? (Win Vista)

How would I find the cygwin version which has been installed on my machine

I&#39;m trying to figure out how to run Python programs with the Command Prompt on Windows 7. (I should have figured this out by now...)

When I typed &quot;python&quot; into the command prompt, I got the following error:
&gt;&#39;python&#39; is not recognized as an internal or external command,
&gt;operable program or batch file.

The first place I found when looking for help was this site: &lt;http://docs.python.org/faq/windows.html#how-do-i-run-a-python-program-under-windows&gt;.

It was somewhat helpful, but the tutorial was written for Windows 2000 and older, so it was minimally helpful for my Windows 7 machine. I attempted the following:
&gt;For older versions of Windows the easiest way to do this is to edit the C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT &gt;file. You would want to add a line like the following to AUTOEXEC.BAT:

This file did not exist on my machine (unless I&#39;m mistaken). 

Next, I tried this: (here: &lt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1522564/how-do-i-run-a-python-program&gt;)
&gt;Putting Python In Your Path
&gt;
&gt;Windows
&gt;
&gt;In order to run programs, your operating system looks in various places, and tries to match the name of the program / command you typed with some programs along the way.
&gt;
&gt;In windows:
&gt;
&gt;control panel &gt; system &gt; advanced &gt; |Environmental Variables| &gt; system variables -&gt; Path
&gt;
&gt;this needs to include: C:\Python26; (or equivalent). If you put it at the front, it will be the first place looked. You can also add it at the end, which is possibly saner.
&gt;
&gt;Then restart your prompt, and try typing &#39;python&#39;. If it all worked, you should get a &quot;&gt;&gt;&gt;&quot; prompt.

This was relevant enough for Windows 7, and I made my way to the System Variables. I added a variable &quot;python&quot;  with the value &quot;C:\Python27&quot;

I continued to get the error, even after restarting my computer.

Anyone know how to fix this?

How do I run a Python program in the Command Prompt in Windows 7?

I want to run PowerShell scripts on Windows&amp;nbsp;7 as a regular user. Whenever I try, I get the following error:

    File C:\Users\danv\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1 cannot be loaded because the
    execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see &quot;get-help about_signing&quot; for
    more details.
    At line:1 char:2
    + . &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  &#39;C:\Users\danv\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1&#39;
        + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException

Attempting to solve via `Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted` fails:

    PS C:\Users\danv&gt; Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
    Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key
    &#39;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell&#39;
    is denied.
    At line:1 char:20
    + Set-ExecutionPolicy &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  Unrestricted
        + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-ExecutionPolicy], UnauthorizedAccessException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetExecutionPolicyCommand

I can run the `Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted` command as administrator, but this doesn&#39;t seem to propagate to non-administrator users.

How can I successfully run scripts as a non-administrator?



PowerShell on Windows 7: Set-ExecutionPolicy for regular users

What&#39;s the difference between an email Sender, From and Return-Path value?

**Example**: I have a contact form where the user can input their email, would this be assigned to sender, from or return-path?

I had a quick search on the StackOverflow and couldn&#39;t find anything useful.

What&#39;s the difference between Sender, From and Return-Path?

I keep getting this error when I try to send an e-mail in PHP:

    Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at &quot;localhost&quot; port 25, verify your &quot;SMTP&quot; and &quot;smtp_port&quot; setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\dressoholic\register.php on line 50

my php.ini looks like this:

    [mail function]
    ; For Win32 only.
    ; http://php.net/smtp
    SMTP = localhost
    ; http://php.net/smtp-port
    smtp_port = 25

    ; For Win32 only.
    ; http://php.net/sendmail-from
    sendmail_from = you@yoursite.com

I&#39;m using my laptop as a server.. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.



Failed to connect to mailserver at &quot;localhost&quot; port 25

I see a lot of Node.js modules out there that sends mail through SMTP.

But is there a module to receive mail?

Receiving email in Node.js

I am writing a program to attach a file to email. Currently I am saving file using `FileStream` into disk, and then I use 

    System.Net.Mail.MailMessage.Attachments.Add(
        new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(&quot;file name&quot;)); 

I do not want to store file in disk, I want to store file in memory and from memory stream pass this to `Attachment`.

Attach a file from MemoryStream to a MailMessage in C#

how to send utf8 e-mail please? 
 

    import sys
    import smtplib
    import email
    import re
    
    from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
    from email.mime.text import MIMEText
    
    def sendmail(firm, fromEmail, to, template, subject, date):
        with open(template, encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;) as template_file:
            message = template_file.read()
    
        message = re.sub(r&quot;{{\s*firm\s*}}&quot;, firm, message)
        message = re.sub(r&quot;{{\s*date\s*}}&quot;, date, message)
        message = re.sub(r&quot;{{\s*from\s*}}&quot;, fromEmail, message)
        message = re.sub(r&quot;{{\s*to\s*}}&quot;, to, message)
        message = re.sub(r&quot;{{\s*subject\s*}}&quot;, subject, message)
    
        msg = MIMEMultipart(&quot;alternative&quot;)
        msg.set_charset(&quot;utf-8&quot;)
        
        msg[&quot;Subject&quot;] = subject
        msg[&quot;From&quot;] = fromEmail
        msg[&quot;To&quot;] = to
    
        #Read from template
        html = message[message.find(&quot;html:&quot;) + len(&quot;html:&quot;):message.find(&quot;text:&quot;)].strip()
        text = message[message.find(&quot;text:&quot;) + len(&quot;text:&quot;):].strip()
    
        part1 = MIMEText(html, &quot;html&quot;)
        part2 = MIMEText(text, &quot;plain&quot;)
        
        msg.attach(part1)    
        msg.attach(part2)
    
        try:
            server = smtplib.SMTP(&quot;10.0.0.5&quot;)
            server.sendmail(fromEmail, [to], msg.as_string())
            return 0
        except Exception as ex:
            #log error
            #return -1
            #debug
            raise ex
        finally:
            server.quit()
    
    if __name__ == &quot;__main__&quot;:
        #debug
        sys.argv.append(&quot;Moje&quot;)
        sys.argv.append(&quot;newsletter@example.cz&quot;)
        sys.argv.append(&quot;subscriber@example.com&quot;)
        sys.argv.append(&quot;may2011.template&quot;)
        sys.argv.append(&quot;This is subject&quot;)
        sys.argv.append(&quot;This is date&quot;)
    
        
        if len(sys.argv) != 7:
            exit(-2)
    
        firm = sys.argv[1]
        fromEmail = sys.argv[2]
        to = sys.argv[3]
        template = sys.argv[4]
        subject = sys.argv[5]
        date = sys.argv[6]
        
        exit(sendmail(firm, fromEmail, to, template, subject, date))


Output

```none
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Plocha\Newsletter-build-desktop\sendmail.py&quot;, line 69, in &lt;module&gt;
    exit(sendmail(firm, fromEmail, to, template, subject, date))   
  File &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Plocha\Newsletter-build-desktop\sendmail.py&quot;, line 45, in sendmail
    raise ex
  File &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Plocha\Newsletter-build-desktop\sendmail.py&quot;, line 39, in sendmail
    server.sendmail(fromEmail, [to], msg.as_string())
  File &quot;C:\Python32\lib\smtplib.py&quot;, line 716, in sendmail
    msg = _fix_eols(msg).encode(&#39;ascii&#39;)
UnicodeEncodeError: &#39;ascii&#39; codec can&#39;t encode character &#39;\u011b&#39; in position 385: ordinal not in range(128)
```

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Local SMTP server that can be used for testing and development - won't actually deliver mail

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Object Oriented Design for a Chess game

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