SMTP: multiple mails with one connection?

Titus · 07-19-2002, 11:33 AM

I´m sending mails via an SMTP connection to a remote server - no problem so far.
But when it comes to sending a second mail without disconnecting and reconnecting, only the first mail gets to the recipient.

Two days of digging the net for a solution - or at least an explanation - resulted in: nothing.

I hope you can help!

I do this as described in the Too many recipients scenario of the RFC 821:

Code:

HELO
MAIL FROM: me@myhost.com
RCPT: recpt1@otherhost.com
DATA
Subject: mail one
Content-Type: text/plain

blah blah
.
MAIL FROM: me@myhost.com
RCPT: recpt2@thirdhost.com
DATA
Subject: mail two
Content-Type: text/plain

foo bar
.
QUIT

and SMTP replys 2xx (=OK) to every single line
but mail #2 disappears

MartBrooks · 07-19-2002, 12:07 PM

You need to issue a reset between mails.

Regards

Titus · 07-19-2002, 12:37 PM

Thanks for the idea ... description of that command in the RFC said "This command specifies that the current mail transaction is to be aborted." so I didnt even try that until now.

However still only the first mail arrives.

*stilldigging*

PS: we are talking about the RSET command, right?!