diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/topics/testing.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/testing.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt index 0916f52388..4f37b3bdc0 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ Django, such as your machine's mail server, if you're running one.) .. currentmodule:: django.core.mail -.. data:: django.core.mail.output +.. data:: django.core.mail.outbox During test running, each outgoing e-mail is saved in ``django.core.mail.outbox``. This is a simple list of all @@ -961,6 +961,11 @@ dummy :class:`<~django.core.mail.SMTPConnection>`. When the test framework is torn down, the standard :class:`<~django.core.mail.SMTPConnection>` class is restored, and the test outbox is destroyed. +The ``outbox`` attribute is a special attribute that is created *only* when +the tests are run. It doesn't normally exist as part of the +:mod:`django.core.mail` module and you can't import it directly. The code +below shows how to access this attribute correctly. + Here's an example test that examines ``django.core.mail.outbox`` for length and contents:: |