messages[0] = "EHLO 195.168.100.66";
messages[1] = "MAIL FROM: myemail@email.com";    // sending the mail to myself
messages[2] = "RCPT TO: myemail@email.com";
messages[3] = "DATA";
messages[4] = "This is a simple\nTest of email from a program\n";
messages[5] = ".";
messages[6] = "QUIT";

for(int n = -1; n < 7; n++)
{
	if(n == -1)		// This gets the first message sent by the server
	{	
		recCode = new char[MAXLENGTH];
		err = recv(h_email, recCode, MAXLENGTH-1, 0);
		perror("recv");
		if(err == -1)
		{
			cout << errno << endl;
			return -1;
		}
		recCode[err]='\0';
		cout << recCode << endl;	// should output that the server is ready
		delete recCode;	

		continue;
	}

	err = send(h_email,messages[n].c_str(),messages[n].length(), MSG_OOB);
	perror("send");
	if(err == -1)
	{
		cout << errno << endl;
		cerr << "Unable to send message " << messages[n].c_str();
	}
	sleep(500);

	recCode = new char[MAXLENGTH];	
	err = recv(h_email, recCode, MAXLENGTH-1, 0); // the program bails out here......WTF!!!!!
	perror("recv");
	if(err == -1)
	{
		cout << errno << endl;
		return -1;
	}
	recCode[err]='\0';
	cout << recCode << endl; // should output that the server is ready
	delete recCode;		
}