status

status (F,6) provides the return code. 0=success, else error. Negative numbers represent system or network errors (such as unable to connect, no route to host, etc.). The string associated with the error will be returned in errmsg (or output to the specified file.) Positive numbers>100 are the actual codes returned by the SMTP server (with the remainder of the message returned in errmsg.) Positive numbers between 71 and 99 are application or misc errors. The more common status values are defined in EMAILX.MAP (++include in your application) as shown below:

Symbol

Value

Type

Description

EMS'OK

0

B,1

Ok

EMS'TOOFEW

71

B,1

Too few parameters

EMS'TIMEOUT

72

B,1

Timed out

EMS'NOTO

73

B,1

No to address

EMS'NOBODY

74

B,1

No body text

EMS'BADRESP

75

B,1

Bad SMTP response

EMS'NOSOCKET

76

B,1

No socket open

EMS'NOCFG

77

B,1

Specified CFG file not present

EMS'BADCFG

78

B,1

Syntax error within CFGFILE

EMS'BADSIG

79

B,1

Bad signature file

EMS'BADATT

80

B,1

Bad attachment

EMS'B64ERR

81

B,1

Base64 encoding error

 

Values 1-70 would indicate Basic error conditions. (Consult SYS:ERRMSG.USA or use DERR.SBR to get the text message associated with the error number.). To get the error message associated with a negative value of STATUS, use XCALL MIAMEG,86,ABS(STATUS),MESSAGE$. Also see the ERRMSG parameter, which may contain a useful message, typically the last command sent to the server or last response from it.