Sending mails using Outlook and SMTP

Here we will see how we can send the mail after the test run using outlook and also using SMTP. First let us see how to send the mail using Outlook. This method though useful has the following drawbacks:
1. The system or machine where you are running the scripts should have outlook configured in it
2. The email will be sent in the name of the person whose email has been configured in the outlook.
3. Finally, outlook throws up a security message when you try to send an automated mail and to take care of this you will have to download a third party software called expressclick.

Well, if you still prefer to go by this method, then here is the code

systemutil.Run "C:\Program Files\Express ClickYes\ClickYes.exe"
wait 5
set oMailobj=CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

set oSendmail=oMailobj.CreateItem(0)
oSendmail.To=""
'oSendmail.Cc=""
oSendmail.Subject="Test"
oSendmail.Body="Hi" & vbcrLf & vbCrlf & "PFA the Smoke Test Automation Results" & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "Thanks" & vbcrlf & "Automation Team"
sAttachment = "D:\Results.zip"
If (sAttachment <> "") Then
oSendmail.Attachments.Add(sAttachment)

Else
Reporter.ReportEvent micInfo,"Sending mail:","Unable to send attachment,please verify your attachment file"
End If
oSendmail.Send
wait 3
set oSendmail=Nothing
set oMailobj=Nothing
SystemUtil.CloseProcessByName "ClickYes.exe"

All these problems can be overcome by using SMTP mail. The only thing that you need to know is the SMTP server name and the machine should be in the network. Once you use this code you will never go back to using Outlook.

Set oMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

'SMTP Server
oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") ="servername or ip"

oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25

oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update
oMessage.Subject = "Test"
oMessage.Sender = "" ' any non-existing mail id will also work.
oMessage.To =""
'oMessage.CC = ""
'oMessage.BCC = ""

oMessage.AddAttachment "D:\Results.zip"
oMessage.TextBody = "Hi" & vbcrLf & vbCrlf & "PFA the Smoke Test Automation Results & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "Thanks" & vbcrlf & "Automation Team" & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & vbCrlf &"*********************************************************************************************************" & vbcrlf & "This is an auto-generated email. Please do not reply to this email." & vbcrlf &"*********************************************************************************************************"
oMessage.Send

Set oMessage = Nothing