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SMTP Connect and Authenticate

Demonstrates how to connect and then authenticate with an SMTP server.

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Chilkat2 PHP
<?php

use Chilkat2\MailMan;

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

$mailman = new MailMan();

$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com';
$mailman->SmtpSsl = true;
$mailman->SmtpPort = 465;

try {
    $mailman->SmtpConnect();

    $mailman->SmtpUsername = 'john@example.com';
    $mailman->SmtpPassword = 'the_password';

    $mailman->SmtpAuthenticate();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Authenticated!\n";

echo $mailman->SmtpSessionLog, "\n";

// Sample session log:

// 220 smtp.us-west-2.mail.awsapps.com ESMTP Amazon WorkMail SMTP Service
// EHLO SLICE<CRLF>
// 250-smtp.us-west-2.mail.awsapps.com
// 250-8BITMIME
// 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
// 250 Ok
// AUTH LOGIN<CRLF>
// 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
// am9obkBleGFtcGxlLmNvbQ==<CRLF>
// 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
// {PasswordOrCredentials}
// 235 Authentication successful.