email testing SMTP outbound relay on Magento

email-test.php

<?php
/**
 * email-tester.php
 * A tool to test if the SMTP relay is working
 *
 * @category    Mmm
 * @package     EmailTester
 * @author      Tegan Snyder
 *
 */

require_once('app/Mage.php');
umask(0);
Mage::app();


$from_email = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/email');
$from_name = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/name');
$to_email = 'tsnyder@tegdesign.com';
$to_name = 'Tegan Snyder';

$mail = new Zend_Mail();
$mail->setFrom($from_email, $from_name);
$mail->addTo($to_email, $to_name);
$mail->setSubject('Email test');
$mail->setBodyHtml('Testing the outbound SMTP relay from BEEP');
$mail->send();

Another version using Magento mailer

<?php
require_once('app/Mage.php');
umask(0);
Mage::app();

$from_email = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/email');
$from_name = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/name');
$to_email = 'tsnyder@tegdesign.com';
$to_name = 'Tegan Snyder';

$body = "Testing the Magento SMTP Outbound";
$mail = Mage::getModel('core/email');
$mail->setToName($to_name);
$mail->setToEmail($to_email);
$mail->setBody($body);
$mail->setSubject('Test Email');
$mail->setFromEmail($from_email);
$mail->setFromName($from_name);
$mail->setType('text'); // You can use 'html' or 'text'

try {
    $mail->send();
    echo 'Your request has been sent' . PHP_EOL;
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Unable to send.' . PHP_EOL;
}