Send message with embedded image

This example shows you how to embed image in the message 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.ContentType = new ContentType("multipart", "related");
            message.From = new Mailbox("example@hotmail.com", "Name");
            message.To.Add(new Mailbox("example@t-online.de"));
            message.Subject = "Embedded image";

            BodyPart htmlBodyPart = new BodyPart();
            htmlBodyPart.ContentType = new ContentType("text", "html", "utf-8");
            htmlBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable;
            htmlBodyPart.Body = "<html><p>This is the message body. Below is an embedded image.<br/>" +
            "<img width=1280 height=1024 id=\"image1\" src=\"cid:123456\"></b></body></html>";

            Attachment attachment = new Attachment("c:\\testfolder\\image.jpg");

            BodyPart imageBodyPart = new BodyPart(attachment);
            imageBodyPart.ContentType = new ContentType("image", "jpg");
            imageBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.Base64;
            imageBodyPart.ContentDisposition = new ContentDisposition(ContentDispositionType.Inline);
            imageBodyPart.ContentID = "123456";

            message.BodyParts.Add(htmlBodyPart);
            message.BodyParts.Add(imageBodyPart);

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

            client.Connect();
            client.StartTls();
            client.Login("example@hotmail.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.ContentType = New ContentType("multipart", "related")
            message.From = New Mailbox("example@hotmail.com", "Name")
            message.[To].Add(New Mailbox("example@t-online.de"))
            message.Subject = "Embedded image"

            Dim htmlBodyPart As New BodyPart()
            htmlBodyPart.ContentType = New ContentType("text", "html", "utf-8")
            htmlBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable
            htmlBodyPart.Body = "<html><p>This is the message body. Below is an embedded image.<br/>" & "<img width=1280 height=1024 id=""image1"" src=""cid:123456""></b></body></html>"

            Dim attachment As New Attachment("c:\testfolder\image.jpg")

            Dim imageBodyPart As New BodyPart(attachment)
            imageBodyPart.ContentType = New ContentType("image", "jpg")
            imageBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.Base64
            imageBodyPart.ContentDisposition = New ContentDisposition(ContentDispositionType.Inline)
            imageBodyPart.ContentID = "123456"

            message.BodyParts.Add(htmlBodyPart)
            message.BodyParts.Add(imageBodyPart)

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

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

            client.Send(message)

            client.Disconnect()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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