Hi Steve,

>> However, on attempting the test code again with the
>> CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option added, after the initial SMTP server
>> greeting, the code errors out as follows:

>You mentioned in your original post that you are using v7.23.1 and that is now a year old - Since then I have extended both the SMTP and POP3 protocols fixing numerous bugs along the way and as such I do this >myself for both protocols ;-)

Thanks. You are perfectly right. With the latest curl version available (v7.28.1), when I re-tested for the behavior, it works just as I had wanted it to.

>If you do have success, libcurl will:

>* Send the EHLO
>* Send the AUTH <mechanism>
>* Send the authentication details

>You can then re-use the connection to carry out additional performs, if you wish, such as sending an email ;-)
>When you come to cleanup libcurl it will disconnect gracefully by sending a QUIT command to the server.

The option CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY was what worked for me. Thanks again.

Regards,
Naveen

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