Visual C++ - Send Email using SMTP Server

The following example codes demonstrate how to compose a simple text email and send it using SMTP server.

Installation

Before you can use the following sample codes, you should download the EASendMail Installer and install it on your machine at first.

Add Reference of EASendMail ActiveX Object to Visual C++ Project

To use EASendMail SMTP ActiveX Object in your C++ project, the first step is "Add header files of EASendMail to your project". Please go to "C:\Program Files\EASendMail\Samples_VC\simple.vcNative" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\EASendMail\Samples_VC\simple.vcNative" folder, find "easendmailobj.tlh" and "easendmailobj.tli", and then copy these files to your C++ project folder.

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// The following example codes demonstrate sending email message with simple text/plain body format
// To get full sample projects, please download and install EASendMail on your machine.
// To run it correctly, please change SMTP server, user, password, sender, recipient value to yours

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "easendmailobj.tlh"
using namespace EASendMailObjLib;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    ::CoInitialize( NULL );

    IMailPtr oSmtp = NULL;
    oSmtp.CreateInstance( "EASendMailObj.Mail");
    oSmtp->LicenseCode = _T("TryIt");

    // Set your sender email address
    oSmtp->FromAddr = _T("test@emailarchitect.net");

    // Add recipient email address
    oSmtp->AddRecipientEx( _T("support@emailarchitect.net"), 0 );

    // Set email subject
    oSmtp->Subject = _T("simple email from Visual C++ project");

    // Set email body
    oSmtp->BodyText = _T("this is a test email sent from Visual C++ project, do not reply");

    // Your SMTP server address
    oSmtp->ServerAddr = _T("smtp.emailarchitect.net");

    // User and password for ESMTP authentication, if your server doesn't
    // require User authentication, please remove the following codes.
    oSmtp->UserName = _T("test@emailarchitect.net");
    oSmtp->Password = _T("testpassword");

    // If your smtp server requires SSL connection, please add this line
    // oSmtp->SSL_init();

    _tprintf(_T("Start to send email ...\r\n" ));

    if( oSmtp->SendMail() == 0 )
    {
        _tprintf( _T("email was sent successfully!\r\n"));
    }
    else
    {
        _tprintf( _T("failed to send email with the following error: %s\r\n"),
            (const TCHAR*)oSmtp->GetLastErrDescription());
    }

    if( oSmtp != NULL )
        oSmtp.Release();

    return 0;
}

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