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SMTP NTLM Authentication

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Demonstrates how to specify NTLM authentication for sending email via SMTP.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr 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

    -- Specify your particular mail server's SMTP settings.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'smtp.my_mail_server.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 587
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'StartTLS', 1

    -- This assumes you know your SMTP server supports NTLM authentication.
    -- To explicitly request NTLM authentication, set the SmtpAuthMethod property = "ntlm".
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpAuthMethod', 'ntlm'

    -- Note: Normally you should avoid setting the SmtpAuthMethod.
    -- SMTP servers tell the connecting client the authentication methods it will accept when the initial connection is made.
    -- Chilkat will automatically use this information to select and use the most secure auth method supported by the server.

    DECLARE @useCurrentWindowsUser int
    SELECT @useCurrentWindowsUser = 1

    IF @useCurrentWindowsUser = 1
      BEGIN
        -- If you are running on Windows, and you wish for the NTLM credentials of the current logged-on Windows user to be used,
        -- set the username and password to the string "default"
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'default'
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'default'
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN
        -- Explicitly specify the SMTP username/password
        -- The SMTP username is your email account username, which is often your email address.
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'your_smtp_username_or_email_address'
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'your_password'
      END

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

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'This is a test'
    -- Don't forget to change this to use your email addresses..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Chilkat Admin', 'admin@chilkatsoft.com'
    -- To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

    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 @email
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CloseSmtpConnection', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.'
      END


    PRINT 'Mail Sent!'

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


END
GO