diff --git a/tests/p_postfix/10_postfix_smtp.sh b/tests/p_postfix/10_postfix_smtp.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Author: Athmane Madjoudj <athmanem@gmail.com>
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - Postfix SMTP test."
+
+echo "helo test" | nc -w 3 localhost 25 | grep -q '250'
+
+t_CheckExitStatus $?
diff --git a/tests/p_postfix/20_postfix_mta.sh b/tests/p_postfix/20_postfix_mta.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Author: Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - postfix can accept and deliver local email."
+
+MAILSPOOL=/var/spool/mail/root
+
+# make shure spool file is empty
+cat /dev/null > $MAILSPOOL
+ret_val=1
+
+# send mail to localhost
+echo -e "helo localhost\nmail from: root@localhost\nrcpt to: root@localhost\ndata\nt_functional test\n.\nquit\n" | nc localhost 25 | grep -q "250 2.0.0"
+if [ $? = 0 ]
+  then
+  t_Log 'Mail has been queued successfully'
+  MTA_ACCEPT=0
+fi
+
+sleep 1
+grep -q 't_functional test' $MAILSPOOL
+if [ $? = 0 ]
+  then
+  t_Log 'previously sent mail is in '$MAILSPOOL
+  SPOOLFILE=0
+fi
+
+if ([ $MTA_ACCEPT = 0  ] && [ $SPOOLFILE = 0 ])
+  then
+  ret_val=0
+fi
+
+t_CheckExitStatus $ret_val
+