Lua

Send a Simple HTML Email

Demonstrates how to send a simple HTML email (i.e. with no images, style sheets, etc.). Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.
local mailman = chilkat.MailMan.new()

-- Set the SMTP server.
mailman.smtp_host = "smtp.chilkatsoft.com"

-- Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
mailman.smtp_username = "myUsername"
mailman.smtp_password = "myPassword"

-- Create a new email object
local email = chilkat.Email.new()

email.subject = "This is a test"
email:set_html_body("<html><body><p>This is <b>bold text</b>, this is a <a href=\"http://www.chilkatsoft.com/\">hyperlink</a></p></body></html>")
email.from = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
local success = email:add_to("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:send_email(email)
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- 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:close_smtp_connection()
if not success then
    print("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
end

print("Mail Sent!")