ImapTest Examples
Basics:
imaptest host=127.0.0.1 port=143 user=testuser pass=testpass mbox=dovecot.mbox
Test IMAP server compliancy:
imaptest checkpoint=1 imaptest checkpoint=1 logout=0 expunge=10 imaptest checkpoint=1 rawlog no_pipelining imaptest own_msgs expunge=5 logout=1 imaptest own_flags expunge=5 logout=1 imaptest logout=0 search=100 expunge=10 clients=1
If you want to do benchmarking, you can set it to run for specified amount of time, and you should also give random number generator the same seed every time:
imaptest seed=123 secs=300
If you want to test/benchmark only the login+logout speed, use:
imaptest - select=0
To create a lot of long-running clients doing STATUS and NOOPs:
imaptest clients=100 - logout=0 status=50 noop=50 delay=100
Benchmarking how fast messages can be saved:
imaptest - append=100,0 logout=0 msgs=10000000
To test copying messages:
imaptest copybox=Trash
By default LOGIN command is used. If you want to try AUTHENTICATE PLAIN:
imaptest auth=100
Run scripted tests from a given directory:
imaptest test=tests rawlog