Java

Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MailMan;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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 mailman = new MailMan();

        // Set the SMTP server.
        mailman.setSmtpHost("smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com");

        // Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
        mailman.setSmtpUsername("MY_SMTP_USERNAME");
        mailman.setSmtpPassword("MY_SMTP_PASSWORD");

        // Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
        mailman.setSmtpSsl(true);
        mailman.setSmtpPort(465);

        // Create a new email object
        Email email = new Email();

        email.setSubject("This is a test");
        email.setBody("This is a test");
        email.setFrom("Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
        email.addTo("Chilkat Admin", "admin@chilkatsoft.com");
        // To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

        // Add some attachments.
        // The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
        String contentType;
        try {
            contentType = email.addFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");

            contentType = email.addFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");

            // 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.
            mailman.sendEmail(email);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        try {
            mailman.closeSmtpConnection();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
        }

        System.out.println("Mail with attachments sent!");
    }
}