Algunos flujos de trabajo de correo electrónico, como actualizar el correo electrónico de un usuario, requiere del servidor API en back-end para enviar correos salientes. MailHog is an alternative to using an email service provider to send actual email messages. It is a developer tool for email testing that will catch the email messages sent by your freeCodeCamp instance.
Download the latest version of MailHog from [MailHog's official repository](https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/releases). Locate and click on the link for your Windows version (32 or 64 bit) and a .exe file will be downloaded to your computer.
When the download completes, click to open the file. A Windows firewall notification may appear, requesting access permission for MailHog. A standard Windows command line prompt will open where MailHog will be running once firewall access is granted.
Close MailHog by closing the command prompt window. To start MailHog again, click on the MailHog executable (.exe) file that was downloaded initially - it is not necessary to download a new MailHog installation file.
Open a new browser tab or window and navigate to [http://localhost:8025](http://localhost:8025) to open your MailHog inbox when the MailHog installation has completed and MailHog is running. The inbox will appear similar to the screenshot below.
Two tabs that allow you to view either plain text or source content will be available when you open a given email. Ensure that the plain text tab is selected as below.
- Revisa el repositorio de [MailHog](https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog) para más información relacionada con MailHog. También está disponible información adicional sobre configuraciones personalizadas de MailHog.