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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMailman
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL cMimeStr

nSuccess := 0

oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

oMailman:SmtpHost := "smtp.example.com"
oMailman:SmtpUsername := "myUsername"
oMailman:SmtpPassword := "myPassword"

oMailman:SmtpPort := 465
oMailman:StartTLS := 1

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

oEmail:Subject := "This is a test"
oEmail:Body := "This is a test"
oEmail:From := "Alex <alex@example.com>"
oEmail:AddTo("Christoph", "christoph@example2.com")
oEmail:AddBcc("Victor", "victor@example3.com")

//  Generate the MIME that is sent when SendEmail is called
cMimeStr := oMailman:RenderToMime(oEmail)
? cMimeStr

nSuccess := oMailman:SendEmail(oEmail)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMailman:CloseSmtpConnection()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
ENDIF

//  Examine the SMTP session log.
? "----"
? "Smtp Session Log:"
? oMailman: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

oMailman:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()