Create and Customize Email Messages Using Aspose.Email for C++

Aspose.Email for C++ provides the MailMessage class to create, customize, and save email messages in different formats. This class allows you to define essential properties such as sender, recipients, subject, and body, and supports saving messages in EML, MSG, and MHTML formats.

Create a New Email Message

The following code sample demonstrates how to create and configure a new email message using Aspose.Email for C++.

1. Create an instance of the MailMessage class.
2. Set message properties such as From, To, Cc, Subject, and HtmlBody.
3. Optionally, save the message in multiple formats (EML, MSG, MHTML, etc.).

Using Friendly Names for Email Addresses

A friendly name makes an email address more readable. For example, John Smith <[e-mail]> instead of just [e-mail].

You can associate friendly names with addresses when constructing an email using the MailMessage class.

The code sample below demonstrates how to add friendly names:

1. Create a new instance of the MailMessage class.
2. Add To, Cc, and Bcc recipients with both an address and a friendly name.

Set Mail Body Content

The MailMessage class allows you to define the email body in HTML format. You can also provide alternate views for different email clients using the AlternateView class.

Setting HTML Body

The following code sample demonstrates how to set the HTML content of the email message by assigning an HTML string to the set_HtmlBody property. The use of this string as a message body indicates that the email will be sent with HTML formatting instead of plain text.

Setting Alternate Text

Some email clients cannot display HTML content. To ensure your message is readable for all recipients, you can add an alternate plain text version using the AlternateView class. It allows you to include multiple versions of an email message in different formats. For example, if your main message body is HTML, you can also attach a plain text version as an alternative.

The code sample below demonstrates how to create an email message and add an alternate view containing plain text content to it.

The AlternateView class also manages resources used within the email body:

• LinkedResources – a collection of embedded items (such as images or attachments) that are referenced by links in the message content.
• set_BaseUri() – defines the base URL used to resolve relative links or resource paths in the message body.