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Extract Linked Domains from an HTML Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.LinkedDomains method, which extracts the domain names from the hyperlinks in an HTML email. Lowercase domains are appended to a StringTable without creating duplicates. This example sets an HTML body with several links and lists the distinct domains.

Background: The set of domains a message links to is a strong signal for spam and phishing analysis — legitimate mail usually points at a few expected domains, while abusive mail often hides links to many unrelated or look-alike hosts. LinkedDomains gives you that de-duplicated list directly. Note it only parses the links; it does not fetch them, so no network request is made.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

//  Demonstrates the LinkedDomains method, which extracts the domain names from the
//  hyperlinks in an HTML email.  Lowercase domains are appended to a StringTable without
//  creating duplicates.

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "LinkedDomains example"

//  An HTML body containing several hyperlinks.
email.SetHtmlBody "<html><body>Visit <a href=""https://www.example.com/page"">Example</a>, <a href=""http://sales.contoso.com"">Contoso</a>, and <a href=""https://www.example.com/other"">Example again</a>.</body></html>"

//  Extract the linked domains into a StringTable.
Dim domains As New Chilkat.StringTable

success = email.LinkedDomains(domains)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim n As Int32
n = domains.Count
Dim i As Int32
For i = 0 To n - 1
    System.DebugLog(domains.StringAt(i))
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