VB.NET

Send Email with hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com

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Send email using your Microsoft hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account via the smtp.office365.com SMTP server.

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

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

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.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(json.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

' 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) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason = " & mailman.ConnectFailReason)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()

Debug.WriteLine("Email Sent.")