Basic Send Email Source Code

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This is a very simple example showing how to send a basic email in VB.NET.

        ' 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 hostname.
        mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.earthlink.net"

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

        email.Body = "This is the body"
        email.Subject = "This is the subject"
        email.AddTo("Chilkat Support", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
        email.From = "Jack Johnson <jj@chilkatsoft.com>"

        ' Send mail.
        success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
        If success Then
            MessageBox.Show("Sent mail!")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText)
        End If