Web Utilities

*WEB/MAIL

Send Simple Text Mail to a Local SMTP Server

Description

The *web/mail utility is used for sending email from a PxPlus application to a local SMTP mail server.

Format

CALL "*web/mail", smtp_server$, from$, to$, subject$, messagetext$, return$

Where:

smtp_server$

IP address or DNS of the SMTP server. Note that TCP port ";25" is forced.

from$

Email address of the person or application sending the mail.

to$

A list of recipient email addresses separated by the SEP character ($8a$).

subject$

Subject line of the email.

messagetext$

Text of the message.

Note:
MessageText$ lines must end with $0d0a$ and must not exceed 100 characters per line, including the $0d0a$ terminator.

return$

If an error occurs in sending the message, the response from the SMTP server will be in Return$.