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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

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMailman
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oEmail

nSuccess := 0

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

oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

oMailman:SmtpHost := "smtp.office365.com"
oMailman:SmtpPort := 587
oMailman:StartTLS := 1

//  This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
oMailman:SmtpUsername := "yourName@live.com"

//  Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJson:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oJson:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oMailman:OAuth2AccessToken := oJson:StringOf("access_token")

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

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

nSuccess := oMailman:OpenSmtpConnection()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    ? "ConnectFailReason = " + Str(oMailman:ConnectFailReason)
    oMailman:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMailman:SmtpAuthenticate()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMailman:SendEmail(oEmail)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oMailman:CloseSmtpConnection()

? "Email Sent."

oMailman:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()