OPENMAIL()
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Purpose
Function to connect to the specified mail server
Syntax
OPENMAIL(<expC1> [, <expC2>, <expC3>, <expC4> [, <expN1>]])
See Also
BASE64_ENCODE(), CLOSEMAIL(), COUNTMAIL(), DELETEMAIL(), MAILATTACH(), MAILCLOSE(), MAILCOUNT(), MAILDELETE(), MAILERROR(), MAILHEADER(), MAILNODENAME(), MAILOPEN(), MAILREAD(), MAILSAVEAS(), MAILSEND(), MAILUSERNAME(), READMAIL(), SENDMAIL()
Description
The OPENMAIL() function is used to connect to the specified mail server. The mail type POP3 should be used for reading mail, and SMTP/ESMTP used for sending mail.
Parameters | Required | Default | Description |
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<expC1> | Yes | None | The node name or IP address of the mail server |
<expC2> | Yes | None | The user name with which to connect to the mail server. For ESMTP, this must be Base64 encoded. |
<expC3> | Yes | None | The password for the user name. For ESMTP, this must be Base64 encoded. |
<expC4> | No | SMTP | The mail protocol type. POP3, SMTP and ESMTP are the currently supported protocols. Support for ESMTP was introduced in Lianja v1.3. |
<expN1> | No | 25 | The SMTP/ESMTP port number. |
If successful the OPENMAIL() function will return .T., otherwise .F.. The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the MAILOPEN() fails.
Example
// Open POP3 for reading mail m_open = openmail("mailserver.company.com", "username", "password", "POP3") if not m_open dialog box mailerror() endif closemail() // Open SMTP for sending m_open = mailopen("mailserver.company.com") if not m_open dialog box mailerror() endif closemail()