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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', '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.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'myPassword'

    --  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>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Somebody1', 'somebody1@somewhere.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Somebody2', 'somebody2@somewhere.com'

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