Ruby

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). Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()

# 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.put_SmtpHost("smtp.gmail.com")
mailman.put_SmtpPort(587)
mailman.put_StartTLS(true)

# Set the SMTP login/password.
mailman.put_SmtpUsername("chilkat.support")
mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword")

# Create a new email object
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

email.put_Subject("This is a test")
email.put_Body("This is a test")
email.put_From("Chilkat Support <chilkat.support@gmail.com>")
email.AddTo("Chilkat","support@chilkatsoft.com")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
if (success != true)
    print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Email sent." + "\n";