Convert HTML Web Page to Email and Send

Converts an HTML page at a URL into an email with embedded images and sends it.

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Download Chilkat MHT ActiveX

' The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
' and sending (SMTP) email.
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan2")

' The MHT component can be used to convert an HTML page
' from a URL, file, or in-memory HTML into an email
' with embedded images and style sheets.
set mht = CreateObject("Chilkat.Mht")

' Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "MailMan component unlock failed"
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mht.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "Mht component unlock failed"
    WScript.Quit
End If

' There are two ways of embedding images in emails: with CIDs
' and without.  When using CIDs, the IMG SRC attributes use
' urls that begin with "CID:" and the corresponding image
' embedded within the email includes a Content-ID header field.
' When not using CIDs, the IMG SRC attribute can have a URL,
' path, etc. and the corresponding image embedded within
' the email has a matching Content-Location header field.

' When testing with GMail, if CIDs are used the email will
' be displayed with images blocked (by default) unless
' the user allows them to be displayed.  Without CIDs,
' the images are automatically displayed.

' When testing with Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Outlook Express,
' embedded images display correctly with our without CIDs.

' When testing with Yahoo! Mail, embedded images display OK.
' However, the Yahoo! Mail user has the option of blocking
' images.  If this is turned on, the CID images will still
' display correctly even though images are blocked.  Why?
' It's because when viewing the email there is no external
' HTTP request to fetch an image.  Therefore, a spammer
' cannot get an indication that you've read the email.
' However, if CIDs are not used, the images are blocked by
' any Yahoo! Mail user that has image blocking turned on --
' even though the images are embedded.

' I haven't tested Hotmail yet...
' Regardless, there is no perfect solution.  If CIDs are used,
' GMail users may block your embedded images, if CIDs are not
' used, Yahoo! Mail users may block your embedded images.

' I recommend setting using CIDs.  This is what Mozilla Thunderbird
' does by default, and it's the more clear an unambiguous way
' to indicate that images are indeed embedded.
mht.UseCids = 1

Set email = mht.GetEmail("http://www.bonairefishing.com/")
If (email Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox mht.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

email.Subject = "Test HTML email"

' This example is tested in:
' Outlook 2000, Eudora 7, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, Outlook Express 6, GMail, Yahoo Mail
email.AddTo "Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com"

' Note: Chilkat does not regularly check our GMail and Yahoo
' email accounts.  Please send support email to support@chilkatsoft.com
email.AddTo "Chilkat on Yahoo","chilkat_software@yahoo.com"
email.AddTo "Chilkat on GMail","chilkat.support@gmail.com"

email.From = "admin@chilkatsoft.com"

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net"

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

MsgBox "HTML Email Sent!"