Send Multipart/Alternative Mail

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

This example program shows how to send a multiplart/alternative mail.

        ' Create a mailman object for sending email.
        Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan()

        ' Any string passed to UnlockComponent automatically begins a 30-day trial.
        Dim success As Boolean
        success = mailman.UnlockComponent("Hello World")
        If (success <> true) Then
            MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)
            Exit Sub
        End If

        ' Set the SMTP server host.
        mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.earthlink.net"

        ' Create a simple multipart/alternative email.
        Dim email As New Chilkat.Email()

        email.Body = "This is the plain-text alternative"
        email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><b><font color='red' size='+1'>This is the HTML alternative body</font></b></html>")
        email.Subject = "This is a simple multipart/alternative email"
        email.AddTo("Chilkat Support", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
        email.From = "John Smith <johnsmith@chilkatsoft.com>"

        ' If you're curious, show the MIME text of the email to be sent..
        MessageBox.Show(email.GetMime())

        ' Send email.
        Dim success As Boolean
        success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
        If success Then
            MessageBox.Show("Sent multipart/alternative mail!")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText)
        End If

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