# SMTPSecureSocket **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Created:** [December 30, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298 "2014-12-30T19:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexis_colon_lugo/32/572_2.png) [@Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexis_Colon_Lugo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/1 "2014-12-30T19:01:12Z")
how i can get the error msg ( i have a error but no from server) SMTPSecureSocket.error \<\< ---
**Author:** ![Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexis_colon_lugo/32/572_2.png) [@Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexis_Colon_Lugo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/2 "2014-12-30T20:22:18Z")
my code (the Error code is 102) ``` eMailServer.Address ="smtp.myhost.com" eMailServer.Secure = True eMailServer.SMTPConnectionMode=0 eMailServer.ConnectionType=SSLSocket.TLSv1 eMailServer.Port = 587 eMailServer.Username ="acolon@myhost.com" eMailServer.Password ="test101" eMailServer.Connect() ``` this is correct or no ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_hare/32/176_2.png) [@Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Hare)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/3 "2014-12-30T20:56:45Z")
No. You do not call Connect on an SMTP socket. Just SendMail. The connection is handled behind the scenes. SendMail connects, transmits, and disconnects. You do not keep a connection to the server. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Keeney](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bob\_Keeney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Bob_Keeney)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/4 "2014-12-30T21:50:42Z")
And error 102 is really not an error. It just means the connection has dropped. SMTPSockets will do that quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexis_colon_lugo/32/572_2.png) [@Alexis\_Colon\_Lugo](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexis_Colon_Lugo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/5 "2014-12-30T23:53:37Z")
but the email no get to any place. i remove the eMailServer.Connect() ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Keeney](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bob\_Keeney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Bob_Keeney)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/6 "2014-12-31T00:21:20Z")
First you create the email message [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/EmailMessage](http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/EmailMessage) Then you append that email to the socket. [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/SMTPSecureSocket.Messages](http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/SMTPSecureSocket.Messages) Then you call SendMail. [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/SMTPSecureSocket.SendMail](http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/SMTPSecureSocket.SendMail) You do NOT have to call Connect. The socket connects and disconnects for you automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_P](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Norman\_P](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Norman_P)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/7 "2014-12-31T00:53:12Z")
and make sure you keep the socket around long enough so it doesnt go out of scope immediately it will never send if you dont ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Duke](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/richard_duke/32/246_2.png) [@Richard\_Duke](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Richard_Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/8 "2019-10-14T23:43:33Z")
[quote=156182:@Norman Palardy]and make sure you keep the socket around long enough so it doesnt go out of scope immediately it will never send if you dont[/quote] how do i keep the socket around long enough?? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Araujo](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/rick_araujo/32/251_2.png) [@Rick\_Araujo](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Rick_Araujo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/9 "2019-10-14T23:58:42Z")
> [@458312:@Richard Duke](#): > > how do i keep the socket around long enough?? Instantiate it in a scope that lives the intended time. For example, a property in the window showing a progress bar of the sending job. It will die only when the window gets closed and all the window properties got released/destructed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/smtpsecuresocket/21298/10 "2020-10-29T17:33:19Z")