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SES Send Email using SMTP on Port 465 (TLS)

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Demonstrates how to send SES email using the SMTP protocol with an implicit TLS connection on port 465.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Use your SMTP endpoint from your Amazon SES --> SMTP Settings
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com'

    -- You need Amazon SES SMTP credentials to access the SES SMTP interface.
    -- The credentials that you use to send email through the SES SMTP interface are unique to each AWS Region. 
    -- If you use the SES SMTP interface to send email in more than one Region, 
    -- you must generate a set of SMTP credentials for each Region that you plan to use.
    -- See SES SMTP Credentials

    -- Use your SMTP username and SMTP password for the SMTP credentials you created..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'AKIA54PBFR4HUHGCIZDS'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'BrVsadsAULqtHIaEBqx8Xsug073cGYc0PXBYcj17w4OW'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpSsl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 465

    -- Create a new email object
    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Chilkat Admin', 'admin@chilkatsoft.com'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @email
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CloseSmtpConnection', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.'
      END


    PRINT 'Mail Sent!'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO