Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Send an Email via SMTP
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Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SendEmail method, which sends a single Email object through the configured SMTP server. This example configures the SMTP connection, builds a message, and sends it.
Background: SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol for sending mail. The typical flow is: connect to the server, authenticate, then hand over the message with
MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, and DATA. SendEmail wraps all of that: you build an Email with subject, recipients, and body, and Chilkat renders it to MIME and delivers it. Modern submission commonly uses implicit TLS on port 465 (SmtpSsl = true).Chilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads
Dim success As Long
success = 0
' Demonstrates the MailMan.SendEmail method, which sends a single Email object through the
' configured SMTP server.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan
' Configure the SMTP server connection.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.example.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 465
mailman.SmtpSsl = 1
mailman.SmtpUsername = "user@example.com"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
' Build the email to send.
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
email.Subject = "Test email from Chilkat"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
success = email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Hello, this is a test message."
' Send the email.
success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "Email sent."
' Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional. Chilkat MailMan automatically
' connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
' operation requires it. Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
' helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.