C++

SMTP Send Raw Command

Demonstrates how to send a raw command to the SMTP server after the connecting and authenticating. C++

#include <CkMailMan.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkMailMan mailman;

    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpSsl(true);
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(465);

    success = mailman.SmtpConnect();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    mailman.put_SmtpUsername("john@example.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("the_password");

    success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Authenticated!" << "\r\n";

    //  Send the "EHLO" command again to get the multi-line response that includes the SMTP capabilities.
    //  The capabilities are the lines in the response that begin with "250-".
    const char *responseStr = mailman.smtpSendRawCommand("EHLO client.example.com","utf-8",false);
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << responseStr << "\r\n";

    //  A sample response:

    //  250-smtp.us-west-2.mail.awsapps.com
    //  250-8BITMIME
    //  250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
    //  250 Ok
    }