SQL Server

Send Email with hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com

See more SMTP Examples

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

SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'smtp.office365.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 587
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'StartTLS', 1

    -- This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'yourName@live.com'

    -- Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @json, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'OAuth2AccessToken', @sTmp0

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    -- Note: If you send an email such as this, it can easily go to your Junk or Trash email folders.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'This is a test'
    -- This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'My Hotmail Account <yourName@live.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Joe Example', 'joe@example.com'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'OpenSmtpConnection', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'ConnectFailReason', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'ConnectFailReason = ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SmtpAuthenticate', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @email
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CloseSmtpConnection', @success OUT


    PRINT 'Email Sent.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO