Add Email Attachment from String Variable

Adds an text attachment to an email from a string variable.

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import sys
import chilkat

#  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman = chilkat.CkMailMan()

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print "Component unlock failed"
    sys.exit()

#  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.comcast.net")

#  Create a new email object
email = chilkat.CkEmail()

email.put_Subject("This is a test")
email.put_Body("This is a test")
email.put_From("Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>")
email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")

attachmentContent = "This is the content of a text attachment"

#  The last argument indicates the charset to use for the attached text.
#  The string is converted to this charset and attached to the email as a text file attachment.
#  The charset can be anything: "utf-8", "iso-8859-1", "shift_JIS", "ansi", etc.
email.AddStringAttachment2("myFile.txt",attachmentContent,"ansi")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
if (success != True):
    print mailman.lastErrorText()
else:
    print "Mail Sent!"