Lua

Load EML and Send

Demonstrates how to load an email from a .eml file and send. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

-- The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
local mailman = chilkat.MailMan.new()

-- Set the SMTP server.
mailman.smtp_host = "smtp.chilkatsoft.com"

-- Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
mailman.smtp_username = "myLogin"
mailman.smtp_password = "myPassword"

-- Create a new email object
local email = chilkat.Email.new()

-- Load a .eml file into the email object.
local success = email:load_eml("/data/myEmail.eml")

-- Call SendEmail to connect to the SMTP server and send.
-- The connection (i.e. session) to the SMTP server remains
-- open so that subsequent SendEmail calls may use the
-- same connection.
success = mailman:send_email(email)
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Some SMTP servers do not actually send the email until
-- the connection is closed.  In these cases, it is necessary to
-- call CloseSmtpConnection for the mail to be  sent.
-- Most SMTP servers send the email immediately, and it is
-- not required to close the connection.  We'll close it here
-- for the example:
success = mailman:close_smtp_connection()
if not success then
    print("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
end

print("Mail Sent!")