(Delphi DLL) Send Email with Hotmail (live.com) -- smtp-mail.outlook.com

Demonstrates the SMTP settings required for sending email through Hotmail (A live.com email address). The Hotmail SMTP server is smtp-mail.outlook.com and receives connections on the SMTP port 587. It expects STARTTLS to establish an explicit TLS connection.

Note: When I first tested this code, I received the following error:

550 5.3.4 554-554 5.2.0 STOREDRV.Deliver; delivery result banner

Mozilla Thunderbird also encountered the same error. I then started a browser, visited outlook.live.com, and logged in to my account. I probably hadn't done that for a very long time. I then retried running this example, and everything worked.

Also, it seems that the SMTP server hostname can be either "smtp-mail.outlook.com" or "smtp.live.com". Both worked.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MailMan, Email;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
mailman: HCkMailMan;
email: HCkEmail;
success: Boolean;

begin
// 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 (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

// Set the SMTP server.
// Apparently, both "smtp-mail.outlook.com" and "smtp.live.com" are valid.
CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,'smtp.live.com');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,587);

// Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,'myLogin@live.com');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,'MY-HOTMAIL-PASSWORD');

// Create a new email object
email := CkEmail_Create();

CkEmail_putSubject(email,'This is a test');
CkEmail_putBody(email,'This is a test');
CkEmail_putFrom(email,'My Hotmail Account <myLogin@live.com>');
success := CkEmail_AddTo(email,'Chilkat Admin','admin@chilkatsoft.com');

success := CkMailMan_OpenSmtpConnection(mailman);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason = ' + IntToStr(CkMailMan_getConnectFailReason(mailman)));
    Exit;
  end;

success := CkMailMan_SmtpAuthenticate(mailman);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

success := CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);

Memo1.Lines.Add('Email Sent.');

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);

end;