Send Email with Inline Attachment

Create an send an email with an inline attachment.

Downloads for Windows/Linux and Install Instructions

require 'rubygems'
require 'chilkat'

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

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print "Component unlock failed" + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.chilkatsoft.com")

#  You may need a login/password.  In many cases,
#  authentication is not required when sending local email
#  (i.e. to email addresses having the same domain as the
#  SMTP server), but is required when sending to non-local
#  recipients.
mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myLogin")
mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword")

#  Create a new email object
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

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")

#  Add any number of attachments:

contentType = email.addFileAttachment("c:/temp/dude.gif")
if (contentType == nil )
    print email.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Update the content-disposition header field for the attachment
#  so that it's sent inline:
#  AddAttachmentHeader replaces the header field if it already
#  exists.
email.AddAttachmentHeader(0,"content-disposition","inline; filename=\"dude.gif\"")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
if (success != true)
    print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n"
else
    print "Mail Sent!" + "\n"
end