[Boost-users] Socket and iostream

Darwin 8.8.0 Boost 1.33.1 gcc 4.0.1 Hello, I want to establish a SMTP connection through a socket, then dialog with the server using a stream. I thought I could to it like this: //-------------------------------------------- #include #include using namespace std; using namespace boost::iostreams; ... int theSocket = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0); connect(theSocket, ...); file_descriptor fdDevice(theSocket); stream_buffer fdstream(fdDevice); iostream os(&fdstream); string answer; getline(os, answer); cout << answer << endl; os << "HELO xxxxx" << endl; getline(os, answer); cout << answer << endl; os << "MAIL FROM: " << endl; getline(os, answer); cout << answer << endl; ... //-------------------------------------------- But nothing seems to be written nor readen to/from the socket except for the first getline. What am I doing wrong here ? Thanks in advance for any help.