Does it really talk ascii?  I think I send my streams to smtp in ebcdic.

i

------ Original Message ------
Received: 12:21 PM COT, 05/25/2011
From: Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: tcpclient SMTP

> I'm experimenting with communicating directly with the SMTP server.
> Here's a minimal test program:
> 
> 'callpipe literal HELO' Host || ,
>     '| append literal QUIT' || ,
>     '| append literal ' || ,
>     '| append literal ' || ,
>     '| xlate e2a | specs 1-* 1 x0d0a next' ,
>     '| tcpclient localhost 25' ,
>     '| xlate a2e' ,
>     '| deblock crlf' ,
>     '| console'
> exit( RC )
> 
> It exits with RC=0 after writing nothing to the console.  I'd expect
> some replies; at least error messages.  If I issue similar commands
> from a terminal on my desktop, I get expected replies, ending with:
> 
> 221 ... running IBM VM SMTP Level 540 closing connection
> 
> What's wrong with my pipeline?
> 
> Thanks,
> gil

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