(VBScript) SMTP Send Raw Command

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan")
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com"
mailman.SmtpSsl = 1
mailman.SmtpPort = 465

success = mailman.SmtpConnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("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-".
responseStr = mailman.SmtpSendRawCommand("EHLO client.example.com","utf-8",0)
If (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(responseStr)

' A sample response:

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

outFile.Close