(Node.js) SES Send Email using SMTP on Port 465 (TLS)

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Demonstrates how to send SES email using the SMTP protocol with an implicit TLS connection on port 465.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-email-smtp-client-command-line.html

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

    // Use your SMTP endpoint from your Amazon SES --> SMTP Settings
    mailman.SmtpHost = "email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com";

    // You need Amazon SES SMTP credentials to access the SES SMTP interface.
    // The credentials that you use to send email through the SES SMTP interface are unique to each AWS Region. 
    // If you use the SES SMTP interface to send email in more than one Region, 
    // you must generate a set of SMTP credentials for each Region that you plan to use.
    // See SES SMTP Credentials

    // Use your SMTP username and SMTP password for the SMTP credentials you created..
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "AKIA54PBFR4HUHGCIZDS";
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "BrVsadsAULqtHIaEBqx8Xsug073cGYc0PXBYcj17w4OW";

    mailman.SmtpSsl = true;
    mailman.SmtpPort = 465;

    // Create a new email object
    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    email.Subject = "This is a test";
    email.Body = "This is a test";
    email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>";
    var success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com");

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
    }

    console.log("Mail Sent!");

}

chilkatExample();