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Send a Raw SMTP Command

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SmtpSendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the SMTP server and returns the server's response. The second argument specifies the charset to use if the command contains non-US-ASCII characters, and the third indicates whether to base64-encode the command before sending. This example sends a raw NOOP on an open connection.

Background: SMTP is a line-based text protocol (EHLO, MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, DATA, QUIT), so a raw-command hook lets you issue anything Chilkat doesn't wrap — a server extension, or a custom step during a manual auth exchange. The base64 flag exists because some SMTP exchanges (notably AUTH challenge/response) require the argument to be base64-encoded on the wire.

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var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
response: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.SmtpSendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the SMTP
//  server and returns the server's response.  The 2nd argument is the charset used if the
//  command contains non-US-ASCII characters, and the 3rd indicates whether to base64-encode
//  the command before sending.

mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

//  Configure the SMTP server connection.
CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,'smtp.example.com');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,465);
CkMailMan_putSmtpSsl(mailman,True);
CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,'user@example.com');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,'myPassword');

success := CkMailMan_OpenSmtpConnection(mailman);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Send the raw SMTP NOOP command (not base64-encoded).
response := CkMailMan__smtpSendRawCommand(mailman,'NOOP','us-ascii',False);
if (CkMailMan_getLastMethodSuccess(mailman) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('NOOP response: ' + response);

success := CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);