(Unicode C++) Send Email with Hotmail (live.com) -- smtp-mail.outlook.com

Demonstrates the SMTP settings required for sending email through Hotmail (A live.com email address). The Hotmail SMTP server is smtp-mail.outlook.com and receives connections on the SMTP port 587. It expects STARTTLS to establish an explicit TLS connection.

Note: When I first tested this code, I received the following error:

550 5.3.4 554-554 5.2.0 STOREDRV.Deliver; delivery result banner

Mozilla Thunderbird also encountered the same error. I then started a browser, visited outlook.live.com, and logged in to my account. I probably hadn't done that for a very long time. I then retried running this example, and everything worked.

Also, it seems that the SMTP server hostname can be either "smtp-mail.outlook.com" or "smtp.live.com". Both worked.

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#include <CkMailManW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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.
    CkMailManW mailman;

    // Set the SMTP server.
    // Apparently, both "smtp-mail.outlook.com" and "smtp.live.com" are valid.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost(L"smtp.live.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(587);

    // Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername(L"myLogin@live.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword(L"MY-HOTMAIL-PASSWORD");

    // Create a new email object
    CkEmailW email;

    email.put_Subject(L"This is a test");
    email.put_Body(L"This is a test");
    email.put_From(L"My Hotmail Account <myLogin@live.com>");
    bool success = email.AddTo(L"Chilkat Admin",L"admin@chilkatsoft.com");

    success = mailman.OpenSmtpConnection();
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason = %d\n",mailman.get_ConnectFailReason());
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate();
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

    wprintf(L"Email Sent.\n");
    }