Send a Simple HTML Email

Demonstrates how to send a simple HTML email (i.e. with no images, style sheets, etc.).

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<?php

//  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan2");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $mailman->UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Set the SMTP server.
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.chilkatsoft.com';

//  Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'myUsername';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'myPassword';

//  Create a new email object
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email2");

$email->Subject = 'This is a test';
$email->SetHtmlBody('<html><body><p>This is <b>bold text</b>, this is a <a href=\'http://www.chilkatsoft.com/\'>hyperlink</a></p></body></html>');
$email->From = 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>';
$email->AddTo('Chilkat Admin','admin@chilkatsoft.com');

//  Call SendEmail to connect to the SMTP server and send.
//  The connection (i.e. session) to the SMTP server remains
//  open so that subsequent SendEmail calls may use the
//  same connection.
$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Some SMTP servers do not actually send the email until
//  the connection is closed.  In these cases, it is necessary to
//  call CloseSmtpConnection for the mail to be  sent.
//  Most SMTP servers send the email immediately, and it is
//  not required to close the connection.  We'll close it here
//  for the example:
$success = $mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.' . "\n";
}

print 'Mail Sent!' . "\n";
?>

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