B4X
B4X
Send a Simple HTML Email
Demonstrates how to send a simple HTML email (i.e. with no images, style sheets, etc.).Chilkat B4X Downloads
Dim success As Boolean = False
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")
' Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.chilkatsoft.com"
' Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
mailman.SmtpUsername = "myUsername"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
' Create a new email object
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.SetHtmlBody("<html><body><p>This is <b>bold text</b>, this is a <a href=" & Chr(34) & "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/" & Chr(34) & ">hyperlink</a></p></body></html>")
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
success = 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 Then
Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
' 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 Then
Log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If
Log("Mail Sent!")