Send Identical Email to Distribution List

Sends an identical email to a distribution list.

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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    --  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan2', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    DECLARE @success int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        PRINT 'Component unlock failed'
        RETURN
      END

    --  Set the SMTP server.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'mail.chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'admin@chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', '****'

    --  Create a new email object
    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email2', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>'

    --  Load a text file containing email addresses, one per line,
    --  into a StringArray object. (In some programming languages,
    --  this is a CkStringArray.)
    DECLARE @sa int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkStringArray', @sa OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sa, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, 'distributionList.txt'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sa, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Note: the distributionList.txt file contains one email
    --  address per line.  For example:
    -- 
    --  matt@chilkatsoft.com
    --  "Chilkat Admin" <admin@chilkatsoft.com>
    --  <support@chilkatsoft.com>
    -- 
    --  An email address may contain both the friendly name (in quote)
    --  and the email address (in angled brackets).  The friendly
    --  name is optional.  When the friendly name is missing,
    --  angled brackets are optional.

    --  If the SendIndividual property is 1, then the email
    --  is sent individually to each recipient in the list using
    --  the "To" header field.

    --  If the SendIndividual property is 0, then emails
    --  are sent in batches of 100 BCC's.  Your program should
    --  provide a single "To" address, such as:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'My List', 'listAdmin@chilkatsoft.com'

    --  This example will send emails individually, so we'll clear
    --  the "To" list.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'ClearTo', NULL

    --  Set the mailman's SendIndividual property = 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SendIndividual', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendToDistributionList', @success OUT, @email, @sa
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN
        PRINT 'Mail Sent!'
      END
END
GO