Send alternative message

This example shows you how to send message with plain and html text body.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Email;
using Independentsoft.Email.Smtp;
using Independentsoft.Email.Mime;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Message message = new Message();
            message.From = new Mailbox("example@gmail.com", "Name");
            message.To.Add(new Mailbox("example@t-online.de"));
            message.Subject = "Alternative message";
            message.ContentType = new ContentType("multipart", "alternative");
            message.Body = "This is plain body text.";

            BodyPart htmlBodyPart = new BodyPart();
            htmlBodyPart.ContentType = new ContentType("text", "html", "utf-8");
            htmlBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable;
            htmlBodyPart.Body = "<html><body><b>This is HTML body text.</b></body></html>";

            message.BodyParts.Add(htmlBodyPart);

            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");

            client.Connect();
            client.StartTls();
            client.Login("example@gmail.com", "password");

            client.Send(message);
            client.Disconnect();
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Email
Imports Independentsoft.Email.Smtp
Imports Independentsoft.Email.Mime

Namespace Sample
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim message As New Message()
            message.From = New Mailbox("example@gmail.com", "Name")
            message.[To].Add(New Mailbox("example@t-online.de"))
            message.Subject = "Alternative message"
            message.ContentType = New ContentType("multipart", "alternative")
            message.Body = "This is plain body text."

            Dim htmlBodyPart As New BodyPart()
            htmlBodyPart.ContentType = New ContentType("text", "html", "utf-8")
            htmlBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable
            htmlBodyPart.Body = "<html><body><b>This is HTML body text.</b></body></html>"

            message.BodyParts.Add(htmlBodyPart)

            Dim client As New SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com")

            client.Connect()
            client.StartTls()
            client.Login("example@gmail.com", "password")

            client.Send(message)
            client.Disconnect()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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