(Visual Basic 6.0) SES Send Email using SMTP on Port 465 (TLS)

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Demonstrates how to send SES email using the SMTP protocol with an implicit TLS connection on port 465.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-email-smtp-client-command-line.html

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

Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' Use your SMTP endpoint from your Amazon SES --> SMTP Settings
mailman.SmtpHost = "email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com"

' You need Amazon SES SMTP credentials to access the SES SMTP interface.
' The credentials that you use to send email through the SES SMTP interface are unique to each AWS Region. 
' If you use the SES SMTP interface to send email in more than one Region, 
' you must generate a set of SMTP credentials for each Region that you plan to use.
' See SES SMTP Credentials

' Use your SMTP username and SMTP password for the SMTP credentials you created..
mailman.SmtpUsername = "AKIA54PBFR4HUHGCIZDS"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "BrVsadsAULqtHIaEBqx8Xsug073cGYc0PXBYcj17w4OW"

mailman.SmtpSsl = 1
mailman.SmtpPort = 465

' Create a new email object
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
Dim success As Long
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
End If

Debug.Print "Mail Sent!"