Connecting to SMTP / fputs

[johnsmith153]

I am connecting direct to SMTP

 

  // SMTP connection  
  $handle = fsockopen($smtp_server, $port);  
  fputs($handle, "EHLO " . $mydomain . "\r\n");


    //check if able to connect to the server
    $output = fgets($handle, 256);
if(($output[0].$output[1].$output[2])!="220")
{
echo "Can not connect to SMTP server (".$output.")";sendErrorEmail($output);fclose($handle);exit;
}

 

The above works and does what I want to (connects to SMTP and checks ok)

 

However, the SMTP server then has loads of ruibbish to spit out. And what I need to do is:

fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);
fgets($handle, 256);

 

Because if I don't do the above, then when I try the code below it will not work as it is still spitting rubbish out.

 

// SMTP authorization  
  fputs($handle, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");fgets($handle, 256);
fputs($handle, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
  
  fgets($handle, 256);
  
  fputs($handle, base64_encode($password)."\r\n"); 
  
    $output = fgets($handle, 256);
if(($output[0].$output[1].$output[2])!="235")
{
echo "Can not connect to SMTP server (Authentication error) (".$output.")";sendErrorEmail($output);fclose($handle);exit;
}

 

The problem is different SMTP servers require a different number of multiple "fgets($handle, 256);" commands to clear it.

 

I have tried:

if(substr($str,3,1) == " ") { break; }

..but it doesn't seem to work.

[MadTechie]

try something like this

        while($str = fgets($handle,515)) {
            if(substr($str,3,1) == " ") { break; }
        }

[johnsmith153]

Actually I found this, and it works:

 

$result=fgets($handle, 256);

while($result = @fgets($handle, 1024)){if(substr($result,3,1) == " ") { break; }};

 

(which I am sure is probably the same as MadTechie's response)

 

BUT.. Only it only works on one of my email servers. The other one doesn't seem to pick up all the messages.

[MadTechie]

do you try the code i posted ?