There are many solutions for sending mail in visual basic.
One of the best ways to go for a business application is to use a tested and widely deployed control.
Might I suggest checking out SMTP Wizard from Seekford Solutions, Inc.
http://www.SeekfordSolutions.com/Products/SMTPWizard/This control makes it easy to send emails and attachments all without MAPI.
Brian Seekford
Seekford Solutions, Inc.http://www.SeekfordSolutions.comInternet ActiveX Controls and .NET Class Libraries.
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Base64, UUEncode, yEnc, MD5, SHA1, URL, Quoted-Printable.
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