C

Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. C

#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    HCkEmail email;
    const char *contentType;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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 (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    // Set the SMTP server.
    CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com");

    // Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
    CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,"MY_SMTP_USERNAME");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,"MY_SMTP_PASSWORD");

    // Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
    CkMailMan_putSmtpSsl(mailman,TRUE);
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,465);

    // Create a new email object
    email = CkEmail_Create();

    CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This is a test");
    CkEmail_putBody(email,"This is a test");
    CkEmail_putFrom(email,"Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = CkEmail_AddTo(email,"Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com");
    // To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

    // Add some attachments.
    // The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
    contentType = CkEmail_addFileAttachment(email,"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (CkEmail_getLastMethodSuccess(email) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_lastErrorText(email));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    contentType = CkEmail_addFileAttachment(email,"qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
    if (CkEmail_getLastMethodSuccess(email) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_lastErrorText(email));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    // 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 = CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    success = CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");
    }

    printf("Mail with attachments sent!\n");


    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }