diff --git a/tests/test_utils_sendmail.py b/tests/test_utils_sendmail.py
index 2e6f1dbb7..85419efcd 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_sendmail.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_sendmail.py
@@ -53,11 +53,34 @@ def test_sendmail_mime_format_to_file():
         os.remove(script_path)
 '''
 
-def test_sendmail_real_local():
-    to_addr = f"yasmine.tligui@psi.ch"
+import subprocess
+
+def test_sendmail_real_local_verbose():
+    to_addr = "yasmine.tligui@psi.ch"
     subject = "Test mail from pytest"
     body = "Hello! This is a real test sent using local sendmail."
-    print(shutil.which("sendmail"))
-    sendmail(to_addr, subject=subject, body=body)
+
+    message = f"""Subject: {subject}
+From: test@localhost
+To: {to_addr}
+
+{body}
+"""
+
+    print("=== SENDING MAIL ===")
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["/usr/sbin/sendmail", "-v", to_addr],
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+    )
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate(message.encode())
+
+    print("\n=== SENDMAIL STDOUT ===")
+    print(stdout.decode())
+
+    print("\n=== SENDMAIL STDERR ===")
+    print(stderr.decode())
+
 
     
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