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Set the Sender Display Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.FromName property, which is the display name of the sender. Changing this property updates the display-name portion of the MIME From header while preserving the email address. This example sets the address and display name separately, then reads back the combined From header.

Background: The display name is the friendly label a mail client shows instead of the raw address — for example, showing John Smith rather than john.smith@example.com. It is purely cosmetic and plays no part in message routing; the same address can be paired with any display name. When a display name contains special characters or non-ASCII text, it must be quoted or MIME-encoded in the header, which Chilkat handles for you.

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LOCAL oEmail

//  Demonstrates the Email.FromName property (the name of the sender).
//  Setting it updates the display-name portion of the From header while
//  preserving the email address.

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

oEmail:FromAddress := "john.smith@example.com"
oEmail:FromName := "John Smith"

? "FromName = " + oEmail:FromName
? "From = " + oEmail:From

oEmail:destroy()