Hi I have asked here before and got knowledgeable replies but in my ignorance of the inner workings of SMTP etc. I have thoroughly confused myself! The problem I have is in the quote at the foot of this email about an SMTP server requiring a "secure connection" I have read on the Overbyte website about ICS-SSL and thought that was the answer, but now I look again as far as I can see, ICS-SSL seems to relate to https stuff and servers whereas presumably I need smtps on an smtp client, which doesn't seem to be mentioned. I found code at http://wiki.overbyte.be/wiki/index.php/TSmtpCli.Auth (see below) =========
Using open to handle all in one request The easiest way to use authentication is to use Open instead of Connect. Open handles the Connect, EHLO and AUTH in one so that you don't need to consider it. This is a typical call to open. Smtp.Username := 'bob'; Smtp.Password := 'test'; Smtp.authtype := smtpAuthAutoSelect; Smtp.open In your requestdone event you handle open and trigger the mailfrom-metohd. ========= So if I'm only working at the Client end, do I simply stick with the standard TSmtpCli and handle the AuthType Property, using smtpAuthAutoSelect if a secure connection is required and smtpAuthNone otherwise? Or have I got it all wrong? Cheers Jeff ======= the following comment came from our guy who does the user support role in our company - "Xtra" is a major ISP in New Zealand ===== With the advent of the Xtra / Yahoo shambles we are having Xtra customers no longer being able to send email statements or normal emails from APM (our application). Changes are being made to Xtra users systems over a period of time so we will be suffering from "creeping death". The problem is that Xtra now want to use port 465 (just to be different to the rest of the world I guess) and also use SSL. We need to make these changes in the APM. The following is an extract from their web site which probably is all you need but if you want more go to http://xtra.co.nz/help?link=rdt and enter "port 25" (no quotes) into the Search Xtra Help box then Ctrl+F and search for "Server Port Numbers" (no quotes) Website Extract Server Port Numbers Under 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)', tick the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)'. Enter port number '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' field -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
