• a5_email_addr_extract Function
• A5_EMAIL_FILTER_BUILDER Function
• a5_email_name_extract Function
• a5_email_ob_to_ib Function
• A5_EMAIL_PROFILES_ENUM Function
• A5_EMAIL_VALID Function
• a5_get_saved_email Function
• A5_IS_EMAIL_VALID Function
• A5_RUN_NETMAILER_JOB Function
• A5_RUN_SAVED_ZIP_JOB Function
• a5_savetowebappemailoutbox Function
• a5_showemailsettings Function
• EMAIL_CLIENT Function
• email_client_auto Function
• EMAIL_CLIENT_EXTERNAL Function
• EMAIL_GET_ACTIVE Function
• EMAIL_GET_FIELD Function
• EMAIL_POP_CLOSE Function
• EMAIL_POP_HEADERS Function
• EMAIL_POP_LIST Function
• EMAIL_POP_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_POP_RETR Function
• EMAIL_POP_RETR_UI Function
• email_profile_add Function
• email_profile_delete Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_LOAD Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_SAVE Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_VALID Function
• EMAIL_READER_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_RECEIVE Function
• EMAIL_SAVE_ATTACH Function
• EMAIL_SELECT_PROFILE Function
• EMAIL_SEND Function
• EMAIL_SEND2 Function
• email_send_gmail Function
• Email_send_low Function
• email_send_mandrill Function
• email_send_noprofile Function
• email_send_sendgrid Function
• email_send_sparkpost Function
• email_send_web Function
• EMAIL_SET_ACTIVE Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_SEND Function
• emailsendcdo Function
• SYS_RESOLVE_URL Function

EMAIL_SMTP_SEND Function

Syntax

Arguments

pMessagePointer

A pointer variable containing the message with the following properties:

fromCharacter

The sender's email address.

from_aliasCharacter

The sender's name.

toCharacter

The recipient list. Multiple entries are separated by commas. Microsoft Outlook allows you to format the address as "recipient_name". This hides the "" portion of the field from the recipient.

ccCharacter

The CC list. Multiple entries are separated by commas.

charsetCharacter

Specifies the character set you want to use, ex. UTF8.

bccCharacter

The BCC list. Multiple entries are separated by commas.

subjectCharacter

The subject line of the email.

messageCharacter

The body of a text message.

html_messageCharacter

The body of a HTML message.

attachmentsCharacter

A semi-colon (;), comma, or CR-LF delimited list of filenames.

xmailerCharacter

Default = NULL. The sending email program.

lRelatedLogical

Default = .F.. If .T. = Attachments are embedded image in the HTML message. If .F. = Attachments are separate files.

ReturnReceiptLogical

Default = .F. (Requires V8, addin build 3090 or later). If .t. then an e-mail will be sent to the sender acknowledging that the recipient has read the e-mail. Note that not all e-mail clients support this feature and the recipient might decline to send the receipt.

headersCharacter

Default = "". Optional email headers. Email headers are specified as a CR-LF delimited list of colon separated name-value pairs. Headers can be one of the standard mail headers or a user-defined header. Prefix user-defined headers with "X-".

dim headers as c =<<%str%
Reply-To: [email protected]
X-company: Example Co
X-campaign: Spring Launch
%str%

See RFC 822 to learn more about message headers.

The support of an email header is dependent on the email client. Some email clients may not support the header(s) you include in the message.

pSocketPointer

A pointer variable that is populated by EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN().

lStatusLogical

Default = .F. Whether to show a progress meter or not. .T. = Show a progress meter. .F. = Do not show a progress meter.

autowrapLogical

Default = .T. Whether to force text emails to wrap at 72 characters per line. .T. = Automatically wrap all lines of text at 72 characters or less. .F. = Leave text email body unchanged.

Returns

ResultLogical

Returns .T. if the message was sent successfully. Returns .F. if the message was not sent.

Description

The EMAIL_SMTP_SEND() function sends a message through a SMTP mail server. This function, along with EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN()and EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE(), will allow you to send email from a computer that does not have an Alpha Anywhere email profile.

Example

DIM pm as P

pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.from_alias = "Aaron Brown"
pm.to = "[email protected]"
pm.cc = "[email protected]"
pm.bcc = "[email protected]
pm.subject = "This is a test"
pm.message = "This is the body of the message"
pm.html_message = "HTML Body goes here

pm.attachments = <<%str%
C:\dev\test.zip
C:\my documents\report.zip
%str%

'optional header fields
pm.xmailer = "Alpha Mailer"
pm.lRelated = .F.

'optional email headers
pm.headers = <<%txt%
X-Company: Alpha Software
X-Location: Boston
X-CodeExample: Sending Email with Xbasic
Reply-To: [email protected]
%txt%

' send message
dim ps as P
if (email_smtp_open(ps, "mail.alphasoftware.com", 25, "username", "password")) THEN
    if (email_smtp_send(pm, ps)) then
        TRACE.writeLn("Email sent","Email Log")
    else
        TRACE.writeLn("Could not send email","Email Log")
    end if
else 
    TRACE.writeLn("Could not connect to SMTP server","Email Log")
END IF
email_smtp_close(ps)

Character Sets

You can specify the character set when using the email_smtp_send() function.

DIM pm as P
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.from_alias = "Aaron Brown"
pm.to = "[email protected]"
pm.subject = "This is a test"

' Text that contains non ascii characters - encoded as UTF8
pm.message = convert_acp_to_utf8("même manière")

' Indicate that we want to send the text with 'utf8' encoding
pm.charset = "utf8"

DIM ps as P
if (email_smtp_open(ps, "mail.alphasoftware.com", 25, "username", "password")) then
    if (email_smtp_send(pm, ps)) then
        TRACE.writeLn("Email sent","Email Log")
    else
        TRACE.writeLn("Could not send email","Email Log")
    end if
else 
    TRACE.writeLn("Could not connect to SMTP server","Email Log")
end if
email_smtp_close(ps)

See Also

• Email Functions
• EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN()
• EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE()