diff --git a/zabbix_test.go b/zabbix_test.go
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+package zabbix
+
+import "testing"
+
+const (
+	hostname   = `somehost.com`
+	zabbixhost = `172.30.30.30`
+	zabbixport = 1234
+)
+
+func TestSend(t *testing.T) {
+	sender := NewSender(zabbixhost, zabbixport)
+
+	metrics := []*Metric{NewMetric(hostname, `key`, `value`)}
+	_, err := sender.Send(NewPacket(metrics))
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("sending should have failed")
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("error: %v", err.Error())
+}