SMTP(2) SMTP(2)
NAME
smtp - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SYNOPSIS
include "smtp.m";
smtp := load Smtp Smtp->PATH;
open: fn(server: string): (int, string);
sendmail: fn(fromwho: string,
towhom: list of string,
cc: list of string,
msg: list of string): (int, string);
close: fn(): (int, string);
DESCRIPTION
Smtp provides an interface to the mail transport protocol
SMTP.
Open opens a connection to the given SMTP server. If server
is nil, open uses the default mail server $MAILSERVER if set
up in /services/cs/db; see db(6). It returns -1 and an error
message if the connection fails.
Sendmail sends mail to the SMTP server for subsequent deliv-
ery. The first argument names the sender, the list towhom
names the recipients, cc is a list of CC's, and msg has the
text of the message. The latter may simply be a list of one
item containing the whole message, a list of lines of the
message or any intermediate format. It returns -1 and an
error message on failure.
Close closes the connection to the SMTP server.
SOURCE
/appl/lib/smtp.b
SEE ALSO
sendmail(1), acme(1)
BUGS
Too much copying of strings is done, especially with large
messages.
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