Catalyst Internet Mail .NET

InternetMail.Connect Method (String, String, String)

Establish a connection with a remote host.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Function Connect( _
   ByVal hostName As String, _
   ByVal userName As String, _
   ByVal userPassword As String _
) As Boolean
[C#]
public bool Connect(
   string hostName,
   string userName,
   string userPassword
);

Parameters

hostName
A string which specifies the remote host to establish a connection with. This may specify a host name or an Internet address in dot-notation.
userName
A string which specifies a username used to authenticate the client session.
userPassword
A string which specifies the password used to authenticate the client session.

Return Value

A boolean value which specifies if the connection has been established. A return value of true indicates that the connection has completed and the application may exchange data with the mail server. If this method returns false, the connection could not be established and the application should check the value of the LastError property to determine the cause of the failure.

See Also

InternetMail Class | SocketTools Namespace | InternetMail.Connect Overload List