(Ruby) 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

Chilkat Ruby Downloads install from rubygems.org gem install chilkat or download... Ruby Library for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

require 'chilkat'

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

mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()

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 = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
if (success == false)
    print json.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

mailman.put_OAuth2AccessToken(json.stringOf("access_token"))

email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

# 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().to_s() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

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

mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()

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