Reply-To Header Field Different than FROM Email Header Field

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This VB6 example shows how to send an email where the Reply-TO header field is different than the FROM header field.

' Send an email where the reply-to email address is different
' than the FROM address.
Private Sub Command8_Click()

    ' Create an instance of the mailman for the purpose of unlocking.
    Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2
    mailman.UnlockComponent "Anything for 30-day trial"
    
    ' Create a new email object...
    Dim email As New ChilkatEmail2
    email.Subject = "This is a test"
    email.Body = "This is the mail body"
    email.AddTo "Chilkat Support", "support@chilkatsoft.com"
    email.From = "Chilkat Sales <sales@chilkatsoft.com>"
    email.ReplyTo = "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
    
    ' Let's review the MIME...
    MsgBox email.GetMime()
    
    ' We can send the email like this:
    mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net"
    success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
    If (success = 0) Then
        MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
    Else
        MsgBox "Mail Sent!"
    End If

End Sub