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SMTP Inspection

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Examine an SMTP session to view all communications sent to the SMTP server.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.example.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myUsername");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");

    mailman.put_SmtpPort(465);
    mailman.put_StartTLS(true);

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    email.put_Subject("This is a test");
    email.put_Body("This is a test");
    email.put_From("Alex <alex@example.com>");
    email.AddTo("Christoph","christoph@example2.com");
    email.AddBcc("Victor","victor@example3.com");

    //  Generate the MIME that is sent when SendEmail is called
    String mimeStr = mailman.renderToMime(email);
    Log.i(TAG, mimeStr);

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
        }

    //  Examine the SMTP session log.
    Log.i(TAG, "----");
    Log.i(TAG, "Smtp Session Log:");
    Log.i(TAG, mailman.smtpSessionLog());

    //  ---------------------------------------------------
    //  Sample output:
    //  ---------------------------------------------------

    //  MIME-Version: 1.0
    //  Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:21:00 -0600
    //  Message-ID: <A5DC25990C93EC2676F4FBB2BB3BFA9EB34FF9D3@CHILKAT25>
    //  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
    //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    //  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
    //  Subject: This is a test
    //  From: Alex <alex@example.com>
    //  To: Christoph <christoph@example2.com>
    //  Bcc: Victor <victor@example3.com>
    //  
    //  This is a test
    //  ----
    //  Smtp Session Log:
    //  220 smtp.example.com ESMTP Amazon WorkMail SMTP Service
    //  EHLO MYCOMPUTER<CRLF>
    //  250-smtp.example.com
    //  250-8BITMIME
    //  250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
    //  250 Ok
    //  AUTH LOGIN<CRLF>
    //  334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
    //  YWRtaW5AY2hpbGthdHNvZnQuY29t<CRLF>
    //  334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
    //  {PasswordOrCredentials}
    //  235 Authentication successful.
    //  MAIL FROM:<alex@example.com><CRLF>
    //  250 Ok
    //  RCPT TO:<christoph@example2.com><CRLF>
    //  250 Ok
    //  RCPT TO:<victor@example3.com><CRLF>
    //  250 Ok
    //  DATA<CRLF>
    //  354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
    //  {388 bytes} <--- The MIME source of the email (examined via RenderToMime) was sent here.
    //  <CRLF>.<CRLF>
    //  250 Ok
    //  QUIT<CRLF>
    //  221 Bye

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}