Send Identical Email to Distribution List

Sends an identical email to a distribution list.

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'  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan()

'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim success As Boolean
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox("Component unlock failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
mailman.SmtpUsername = "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "****"

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

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"

'  Load a text file containing email addresses, one per line,
'  into a StringArray object. (In some programming languages,
'  this is a CkStringArray.)
Dim sa As New Chilkat.StringArray()
success = sa.LoadFromFile("distributionList.txt")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox("Failed to load distributionList.txt")
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Note: the distributionList.txt file contains one email
'  address per line.  For example:
' 
'  matt@chilkatsoft.com
'  "Chilkat Admin" <admin@chilkatsoft.com>
'  <support@chilkatsoft.com>
' 
'  An email address may contain both the friendly name (in quote)
'  and the email address (in angled brackets).  The friendly
'  name is optional.  When the friendly name is missing,
'  angled brackets are optional.


'  If the SendIndividual property is True, then the email
'  is sent individually to each recipient in the list using
'  the "To" header field.

'  If the SendIndividual property is False, then emails
'  are sent in batches of 100 BCC's.  Your program should
'  provide a single "To" address, such as:
email.AddTo("My List","listAdmin@chilkatsoft.com")

'  This example will send emails individually, so we'll clear
'  the "To" list.
email.ClearTo()

'  Set the mailman's SendIndividual property = True
mailman.SendIndividual = true

success = mailman.SendToDistributionList(email,sa)
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)
Else
    MsgBox("Mail Sent!")
End If