(Objective-C) SMTP Send Raw Command

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

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#import <CkoMailMan.h>
#import <NSString.h>

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

CkoMailMan *mailman = [[CkoMailMan alloc] init];

mailman.SmtpHost = @"smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com";
mailman.SmtpSsl = YES;
mailman.SmtpPort = [NSNumber numberWithInt:465];

BOOL success = [mailman SmtpConnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

mailman.SmtpUsername = @"john@example.com";
mailman.SmtpPassword = @"the_password";

success = [mailman SmtpAuthenticate];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Authenticated!");

// 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-".
NSString *responseStr = [mailman SmtpSendRawCommand: @"EHLO client.example.com" charset: @"utf-8" bEncodeBase64: NO];
if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",responseStr);

// A sample response:

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