Send message with attachments

This example shows you how to add attachments to a message and send it.

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@hotmail.com", "Name");
            message.To.Add(new Mailbox("example@t-online.de"));
            message.Subject = "Test";

            BodyPart textBodyPart = new BodyPart();
            textBodyPart.ContentType = new ContentType("text", "plain", "utf-8");
            textBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable;
            textBodyPart.Body = "This message has two attachments.";
                        
            Attachment attachment1 = new Attachment("c:\\testfolder\\test.docx");
            attachment1.ContentType = new ContentType("application", "ms-word");

            Attachment attachment2 = new Attachment("c:\\testfolder\\image.jpg");
            attachment1.ContentType = new ContentType("image", "jpg");

            message.BodyParts.Add(textBodyPart);
            message.BodyParts.Add(attachment1);
            message.BodyParts.Add(attachment2);

            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.From = New Mailbox("example@hotmail.com", "Name")
            message.[To].Add(New Mailbox("example@t-online.de"))
            message.Subject = "Test"

            Dim textBodyPart As New BodyPart()
            textBodyPart.ContentType = New ContentType("text", "plain", "utf-8")
            textBodyPart.ContentTransferEncoding = ContentTransferEncoding.QuotedPrintable
            textBodyPart.Body = "This message has two attachments."

            Dim attachment1 As New Attachment("c:\testfolder\test.docx")
            attachment1.ContentType = New ContentType("application", "ms-word")

            Dim attachment2 As New Attachment("c:\testfolder\image.jpg")
            attachment1.ContentType = New ContentType("image", "jpg")

            message.BodyParts.Add(textBodyPart)
            message.BodyParts.Add(attachment1)
            message.BodyParts.Add(attachment2)

            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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