(C) Send Email with hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com

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See the Guide for Creating an Application to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com

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#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    BOOL success;
    HCkEmail email;

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

    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.office365.com");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,587);
    CkMailMan_putStartTLS(mailman,TRUE);

    // This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
    CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,"yourName@live.com");

    // Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(json,"qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_lastErrorText(json));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    CkMailMan_putOAuth2AccessToken(mailman,CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"access_token"));

    email = CkEmail_Create();

    // Note: If you send an email such as this, it can easily go to your Junk or Trash email folders.
    CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This is a test");
    CkEmail_putBody(email,"This is a test");
    // This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
    CkEmail_putFrom(email,"My Hotmail Account <yourName@live.com>");
    success = CkEmail_AddTo(email,"Joe Example","joe@example.com");

    success = CkMailMan_OpenSmtpConnection(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        printf("ConnectFailReason = %d\n",CkMailMan_getConnectFailReason(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    success = CkMailMan_SmtpAuthenticate(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    success = CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);

    printf("Email Sent.\n");


    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }