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Interacts with an SMTP server to perform the following functions: connect, verify and sendmail.
You can force the connection to use TLS mode by setting the local variable smtptls to “Y”, e.g.:
set smtptls=“Y”
If the server doesn’t doesn’t support TLS, the connection will fail.
| req | name | type | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | operation | keyword | One of: - connect: Connects to the SMTP server and looks for the proper greeting. - sendmail: Sends an email using the SMTP server to the given toAddress. - verify: Asks the SMTP server to verify that the given toAddress is valid on that server. |
| N | from | expression | When performing a ‘sendmail’ operation, this is the e-mail address that should be sent in the SMTP “From:” header. This field is only required for the ‘sendmail’ operation. |
| N | to | expression | When performing a ‘sendmail’ operation, this is the e-mail address that should receive the message. This field is only required for the ‘sendmail’ operation. |
| N | subject | expression | The subject to send with the message when performing a ‘sendmail’ operation. This field is only required for the ‘sendmail’ operation. |
| N | msg | expression | The text of the message to send when sending a message to the SMTP server using the ‘sendmail’ operation. This field is only required for the ‘sendmail’ operation. |
| N | address | expression | The e-mail address that should be checked with the SMTP server when using the ‘verify" operation. This field is only required for the ‘verify’ operation. |
| N | user | expression | Login ID for a valid user of the SMTP server; this field is not widely used by most SMTP servers. |
| N | password | expression | Password for login ID; this field is required if user is specified. |
smtp sendmail “joe@alertra.com” “holly@alertra.com” “Test Message” “This is a test message”
This example will send a message to holly@alertra.com from joe@alertra.com with the subject Test Message and contents of This is a test message .
smtp sendmail $FROM_ADDR “julie@alertra.com” “Test Message” $MSG_TEXT “joe” “passpass”
Send a message to julie@alertra.com from the address defined in the variable FROM_ADDRESS with the subject Test Message , the contents of MSG_TEXT as the text of the message and logging in as joe with the password passpass .
smtp verify “tom@alertra.com”
Connects to the SMTP server and verifies the address tom@alertra.com is valid.
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