Send email with attachment in C++

Question

I am working on a project in C++, which includes a feature of sending information to someone as \'email attachment\'.

Everything is done except this \'email\' thing.

Answer 1

A Working Solution for Sending Email Using cURL

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Download cURL from here, and extract. Now, run the executable from C++ code using WinExec() from windows.h.

Here is a demonstration for Gmail:

#include 

int main(void){
    char* command = "curl smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587 -v --mail-from \"SENDER.EMAIL@gmail.com\" --mail-rcpt \"RECEIVER.EMAIL@gmail.com\" --ssl -u SENDER.EMAIL@gmail.com:PASSWORD -T \"ATTACHMENT.FILE\" -k --anyauth";
    WinExec(command, SW_HIDE);
    return 0;
}

Place curl.exe in the same directory. Enter your email address and password in the command. Here, message is saved in a text file (ATTACHMENT.FILE).

Caution: The command may not support some special characters (like- &).

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The above is just a demonstration of cURL. For practical usage you should go for libcurl. Here is a head-start for sending mail (works both with Windows and Linux).