C
C
SMTP over Multiple Hop SSH
Demonstrates how to send email (using TCP or TLS) tunneled through mulitple-hop SSH. The scheme looks like this:Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2 => SmtpServer
The ConnectThroughSsh and UseSsh methods are added in Chilkat version 9.5.0.55 to accomplish this task.
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#include <C_CkSsh.h>
#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkSsh ssh1;
HCkSsh ssh2;
HCkMailMan mailman;
HCkEmail email;
success = FALSE;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
ssh1 = CkSsh_Create();
// Connect directly to the 1st SSH server.
success = CkSsh_Connect(ssh1,"serverssh1.com",22);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh1));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
return;
}
// Authenticate using login/password:
success = CkSsh_AuthenticatePw(ssh1,"ssh1Login","ssh1Password");
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh1));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
return;
}
// Connect through the 1st SSH connection to reach a 2nd SSH server.
// Note: Any number of SSH connections may be simultaneously tunneled through a single
// existing SSH connection.
ssh2 = CkSsh_Create();
success = CkSsh_ConnectThroughSsh(ssh2,ssh1,"serverssh2.com",22);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh2));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh2);
return;
}
// Authenticate with ssh2...
success = CkSsh_AuthenticatePw(ssh2,"ssh2Login","ssh2Password");
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh2));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh2);
return;
}
mailman = CkMailMan_Create();
// Tell the mailman object to connect to the SMTP server though the ssh2 tunnel (which itself is routed through ssh1).
// The connection looks like this: Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2 => SMTPServer
success = CkMailMan_UseSsh(mailman,ssh2);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh2);
CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
return;
}
// Set the SMTP server.
CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.someserver.com");
// Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,"myUsername");
CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,"myPassword");
// Create a new email object
email = CkEmail_Create();
CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This is a test");
CkEmail_putBody(email,"This is a test");
CkEmail_putFrom(email,"Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
success = CkEmail_AddTo(email,"Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com");
success = CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh2);
CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
return;
}
// Close the connection with the server. This closes the tunnel through ssh2.
success = CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");
}
printf("Mail Sent!\n");
// Close the connection with ssh2. (This closes the the tunnel through ssh1.)
// The connection with ssh1 is still alive, and may be used for more connections.
CkSsh_Disconnect(ssh2);
CkSsh_Disconnect(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh1);
CkSsh_Dispose(ssh2);
CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
}