Lazarus Pascal

GMail SMTP port 587 with "less secure" Password Authentication

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Send email using GMail's SMTP server on port 587 (SSL via STARTTLS). Lazarus Pascal

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.MailMan,
  Chilkat.Email;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mailman: TMailMan;
  email: TEmail;

begin
  success := False;

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

  mailman := TMailMan.Create;

  //  Use the GMail SMTP server
  //  This example assumes your GMail account allows for "less secure apps" to use 
  //  SMTP username/password authentication.
  //  For OAuth2 authentication, see GMail SMTP with OAuth2 Authentication
  mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.gmail.com';
  mailman.SmtpPort := 587;
  mailman.StartTLS := True;

  //  Set the SMTP login/password.
  mailman.SmtpUsername := 'chilkat.support';
  mailman.SmtpPassword := 'myPassword';

  //  Create a new email object
  email := TEmail.Create;

  email.Subject := 'This is a test';
  email.Body := 'This is a test';
  email.From := 'Chilkat Support <chilkat.support@gmail.com>';
  email.AddTo('Chilkat','support@chilkatsoft.com');

  success := mailman.SendEmail(email);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Email sent.');


  mailman.Free;
  email.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.