Send Very Simple HTML Email

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Visual Basic sample code showing how to send a very simple HTML email.

' This Visual Basic example program to send a very
' simple HTML email.
Private Sub SendMail_Click()

    ' Create a MailMan instance to send email
    Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2
    
    ' Unlock the email component - anything begins the 30-day trial.
    mailman.UnlockComponent "UnlockCode"
    
    ' Change this to your SMTP server.
    mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.earthlink.net"

    ' Create an email for sending
    Dim email As New ChilkatEmail2
    
    ' Set the email subject
    email.Subject = "test"
    
    ' Set the HTML email body
    email.SetHtmlBody "<html><body><font face=""Courier New"" size=""3"">This text has a specific font and size.</font></body></html>"

    ' Add a plain-text alternative for recipients that may not be able to display HTML.
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody "If the recipient uses an email client that cannot " + _
        "display HTML, then this plain-text alternative will be displayed."
    
    email.AddTo "John Doe", "john@chilkatsoft.com"
    email.AddCC "Matt", "matt@chilkatsoft.com"
    email.FromAddress = "bill@chilkatsoft.com"
    email.FromName = "Bill Doe"
            
    ' Send mail.  Returns 1 if successful, 0 if failed.
    success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
    If (success = 0) Then
        ' Save errors to a log file.
        MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
        mailman.SaveLastError "errorLog.xml"
    Else
        MsgBox "Message Sent!"
    End If
    

End Sub

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