(VBScript) Send Email with hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com

See more SMTP Examples

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

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan")
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.office365.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = 1

' This could be your hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com account.
mailman.SmtpUsername = "yourName@live.com"

' Load the previously saved OAuth2 access token.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(json.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Email")
set email = CreateObject("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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason = " & mailman.ConnectFailReason)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.SmtpAuthenticate()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()

outFile.WriteLine("Email Sent.")

outFile.Close