SMTP_transporter.checkConnection( )

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Description

The SMTP_transporter.checkConnection( ) method checks the SMTP connection using information stored in the transporter object and returns the SMTP status. This method allows you to verify that the values provided by the user are valid and consistent.

Returned object

The method sends a request to the SMTP server and returns an object describing the SMTP status. This object can contain the following properties:

Property		Type	Description
success		Boolean	True if the check is successful, False otherwise
status		Number	Status code returned by the SMTP server (0 in case of an issue unrelated to the SMTP processing)
statusText		Text	Status message returned by the SMTP server, or last error returned in the 4D error stack
errors		Collection	4D error stack (not returned if a SMTP server response is received)
	[ ].errCode	Number	4D error code
	[ ].message	Text	Description of the 4D error
	[ ].componentSignature	Text	Signature of the internal component which returned the error

Note: For information about SMTP status codes, please refer to this page.

Example

 C_TEXT($pw)

 C_OBJECT($options)

 $options:=New object

 

 $pw:=Request("Please enter your password:")

 $options.host:="smtp.gmail.com"

 

 $options.user:="test@gmail.com"

 $options.password:=$pw

 

 $transporter:=SMTP New transporter($options)

 

 $status:=$transporter.checkConnection()

 If($status.success=True)

    ALERT("SMTP connection check successful!")

 Else

    ALERT("Error # "+String($status.status)+", "+$status.statusText)

 End if