(PHP Extension) Send Email with hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com

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Send email using your Microsoft hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account via the smtp.office365.com SMTP server.

See the Guide for Creating an Application to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");
// Use "chilkat_9_5_0.php" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0

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

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

$mailman->put_SmtpHost('smtp.office365.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(587);
$mailman->put_StartTLS(true);

// This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('yourName@live.com');

// Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $json->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json');
if ($success == false) {
    print $json->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman->put_OAuth2AccessToken($json->stringOf('access_token'));

$email = new CkEmail();

// Note: If you send an email such as this, it can easily go to your Junk or Trash email folders.
$email->put_Subject('This is a test');
$email->put_Body('This is a test');
// This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
$email->put_From('My Hotmail Account <yourName@live.com>');
$success = $email->AddTo('Joe Example','joe@example.com');

$success = $mailman->OpenSmtpConnection();
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    print 'ConnectFailReason = ' . $mailman->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mailman->SmtpAuthenticate();
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();

print 'Email Sent.' . "\n";

?>