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"Jayme Jeffman Filho" <jaymenosp@jeffman.eng.br> wrote in message
news:4315ba0e@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I'm using C++Builder 6.0 Professional Edition and the Indy
> Client and Servers components are present in this edition.

An old version of Indy is shipped with BCB6.  That version is long outdated
and no longer supported.  You need to upgrade the version manually from the
downloads available on Indy's website.

> I am trying to connect to the Google Gmail SMTP server (
> smtp.gmail.com ).

Please go to http://www.deja.com and do a search through the newsgroup
archives.  Samples have been posted several times that show how to connect
to GMail via Indy.

> The "Connect()" method seems to succeed but in the OnConnected
> event, when the application calls the Authenticate() method it raises
> an exception telling it was disconnected by the peer.

You cannot call Authenticate() inside the OnConnected event.  You must wait
until after Connect() has exited before calling Authenticate().  This is
because Connect() does other work after the OnConnected event has been
triggered.  Calling Authenticate() inside the OnConnected event completely
breaks the flow of commands that TIdSMTP issues to the server automatically.
In fact, TIdSMTP already calls Authenticate() automatically inside of
Send(), so you do not need to call Authenticate() manually yourself at all.


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