Lianja

Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

// 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.
loMailman = createobject("CkMailMan")

// Set the SMTP server.
loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com"

// Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
loMailman.SmtpUsername = "MY_SMTP_USERNAME"
loMailman.SmtpPassword = "MY_SMTP_PASSWORD"

// Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
loMailman.SmtpSsl = .T.
loMailman.SmtpPort = 465

// Create a new email object
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")

loEmail.Subject = "This is a test"
loEmail.Body = "This is a test"
loEmail.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
llSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("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.
lcContentType = loEmail.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
if (loEmail.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    release loEmail
    return
endif

lcContentType = loEmail.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
if (loEmail.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    release loEmail
    return
endif

// 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.  
llSuccess = loMailman.SendEmail(loEmail)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    release loEmail
    return
endif

llSuccess = loMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
endif

? "Mail with attachments sent!"


release loMailman
release loEmail