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VB6 - Send EML File

EML file is e-mail message saved by Microsoft Outlook Express or other e-mail programs; may also contain an e-mail attachment, or file sent with the message.

If you want to load EML file and edit it, you can use LoadMessage method to load EML file and edit it.

If you do not want to edit the EML file, and you just need to simply forward the EML file to other recipient with 100% original data, then please see the following example codes.

The following example codes demonstrate how to load EML file and forward it to specified recipient.

Installation

Before you can use the following sample codes, you should download the EASendMail Installer and install it on your machine at first.

Add Reference of EASendMail ActiveX Object to VB6 Project

To use EASendMail SMTP ActiveX Object in your project, the first step is "Add reference of EASendMail to your project". Please choose menu->"Project" -> "References"- > and choose the "EASendMailObj ActiveX Object", click "OK", the reference of EASendMail ActiveX Object will be added to your project, and you can start to use EASendMail to send email in your VB6 project.

add reference in VB 6.0

' The following example codes demonstrate sending EML using SMTP server
' To get full sample projects, please download and install EASendMail on your machine.
' To run it correctly, please change SMTP server, user, password, sender, recipient value to yours

Private Sub btnSendMail_Click()

    Dim oSmtp As New EASendMailObjLib.Mail
    oSmtp.LicenseCode = "TryIt"

    ' Set your sender email address
    oSmtp.FromAddr = "test@emailarchitect.net"

    ' Add recipient email address
    oSmtp.AddRecipientEx "support@emailarchitect.net", 0

    ' Your SMTP server address
    oSmtp.ServerAddr = "smtp.emailarchitect.net"

    ' User and password for ESMTP authentication, if your server doesn't require
    ' User authentication, please remove the following codes.
    oSmtp.UserName = "test@emailarchitect.net"
    oSmtp.Password = "testpassword"

    ' If your smtp server requires SSL connection, please add this line
    ' oSmtp.SSL_init

    ' Load EML file to body text temporally
    oSmtp.ImportMail "c:\temp\my.eml"

    ' Assign Eml file data to raw content
    oSmtp.raw_Content = oSmtp.Bodytext

    MsgBox "start to send email ..."

    ' Forward EML file with 100% original data
    If oSmtp.SendMail() = 0 Then
        MsgBox "email was sent successfully!"
    Else
        MsgBox "failed to send email with the following error:" & oSmtp.GetLastErrDescription()
    End If

End Sub

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