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

See more SMTP Examples

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

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

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

var mailman = new CkMailMan();

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.office365.com";
mailman.SmtpPort = 587;
mailman.StartTLS = true;

// This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
mailman.SmtpUsername = "yourName@live.com";

// Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
var json = new CkJsonObject();
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json");
if (success == false) {
    console.log(json.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

mailman.OAuth2AccessToken = json.StringOf("access_token");

var email = new CkEmail();

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

success = mailman.OpenSmtpConnection();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
    console.log("ConnectFailReason = " + mailman.ConnectFailReason);
    return;
}

success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

console.log("Email Sent.");