Java

Send Email with a vCard

Demonstrates how to create a simple email, attach a vcard, and send it. 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 and receiving email.
        MailMan mailman = new MailMan();

        // Set the SMTP server.
        mailman.setSmtpHost("smtp.chilkatsoft.com");

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

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

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

        // A vCard is an email attachment having a Content-Type = "text/x-vcard".
        // Call AddStringAttachment to add a vcard from an in-memory string.
        // The filename should have a ".vcf" file extension.  Chilkat will automatically
        // recognize it and set the content-type to "text/x-vcard";

        // Your application is responsible for providing the vcard formatted string.  For example:
        // See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
        //
        // begin:vcard
        // fn:Matt Smith
        // n:Smith;Matt
        // org:Chilkat Software, Inc.
        // tel;work:630-784-9670
        // url:http://www.chilkatsoft.com
        // version:2.1
        // end:vcard

        String vcard = "begin:vcard ...";
        try {
            email.addStringAttachment("admin.vcf", vcard);

            // 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;
        }

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

        System.out.println("Mail with vCard Sent!");
    }
}