(Perl) SMTP Send Raw Command

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

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

use chilkat();

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

$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

$mailman->put_SmtpHost("smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com");
$mailman->put_SmtpSsl(1);
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(465);

$success = $mailman->SmtpConnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('john@example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword("the_password");

$success = $mailman->SmtpAuthenticate();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Authenticated!" . "\r\n";

# 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-".
$responseStr = $mailman->smtpSendRawCommand("EHLO client.example.com","utf-8",0);
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseStr . "\r\n";

# A sample response:

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