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SMTP NTLM Authentication

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Demonstrates how to specify NTLM authentication for sending email via SMTP.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

'  Specify your particular mail server's SMTP settings.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my_mail_server.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = True

'  This assumes you know your SMTP server supports NTLM authentication.
'  To explicitly request NTLM authentication, set the SmtpAuthMethod property = "ntlm".
mailman.SmtpAuthMethod = "ntlm"

'  Note: Normally you should avoid setting the SmtpAuthMethod.
'  SMTP servers tell the connecting client the authentication methods it will accept when the initial connection is made.
'  Chilkat will automatically use this information to select and use the most secure auth method supported by the server.

Dim useCurrentWindowsUser As Boolean = True

If useCurrentWindowsUser = True Then
    '  If you are running on Windows, and you wish for the NTLM credentials of the current logged-on Windows user to be used,
    '  set the username and password to the string "default"
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "default"
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "default"
Else
    '  Explicitly specify the SMTP username/password
    '  The SMTP username is your email account username, which is often your email address.
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "your_smtp_username_or_email_address"
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "your_password"
End If


Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
'  Don't forget to change this to use your email addresses..
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin", "admin@chilkatsoft.com")
'  To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If success <> True Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection
If success <> True Then
    Log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If


Log("Mail Sent!")