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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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 mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

#  Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myUsername")
mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword")

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

email.put_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.put_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
end

#  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"
end

print "Mail Sent!" + "\n"