command(), command_replies() Functions

These functions perform generic SMTP commands.

Syntax

UTL_SMTP.COMMAND (

c    IN connection,
cmd  IN VARCHAR2,
arg  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL) 

RETURN reply;
UTL_SMTP.COMMAND (

c    IN connection,
cmd  IN VARCHAR2,
arg  IN ARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

UTL_SMTP.COMMAND_REPLIES (

c    IN connection,
cmd  IN VARCHAR2,
arg  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL)

RETURN replies;

Parameters

Table 82-8 command (), command_replies () Function Parameters

Parameter	Description
c (IN)	The SMTP connection.
cmd (IN)	The SMTP command to send to the server.
arg (IN)	The optional argument to the SMTP argument. A space will be inserted between cmd and arg.

Usage Notes

These are the APIs used to invoke generic SMTP commands. Use command() if only a single reply line is expected. Use command_replies() if multiple reply lines are expected (in other words, EXPN or HELP).

For command(), if multiple reply lines are returned from the SMTP server, it returns the last reply line only.