VBScript

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

VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.office365.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = 1

' This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
mailman.SmtpUsername = "yourName@live.com"

' Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(json.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

mailman.OAuth2AccessToken = json.StringOf("access_token")

set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

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

success = mailman.OpenSmtpConnection()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason = " & mailman.ConnectFailReason)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()

outFile.WriteLine("Email Sent.")

outFile.Close