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Classic ASP

Send HTML Email with Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an HTML email with file attachments.

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my-starttls-mail-server.com"

mailman.SmtpUsername = "MY-SMTP-USERNAME"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "MY-SMTP-PASSWORD"

mailman.StartTLS = 1
mailman.SmtpPort = 587

' Create a new email object
set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Test SMTP API to Send HTML Email with Attachments"
email.From = "Joe Programmer <joe@my-starttls-mail-server.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com")

' Add a plain-text alternative body, which will likely never be seen.
' (It is shown if the receiving email client is incapable of displaying HTML email.)
success = email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a plain-text alternative body...")

' Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
contentIdStarfish = email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
set sbHtml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbHtml.Append("<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>")
success = sbHtml.Append("<p><img src=""cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH"" /></p></body></html>")
numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID_STARFISH",contentIdStarfish)

success = email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(sbHtml.GetAsString())

' Finally, add some attachments to the email.
' Add a file attachment.
success = email.AddFileAttachment2("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf","application/pdf")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
content = "This is the content of the 2nd attached file."
success = email.AddStringAttachment("someText.txt",content)

' Send the HTML email.
success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.") & "</pre>"
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "HTML email with attachments sent!") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>