Reference > MailMessage > AltMessageBodyCharset Property

AltMessageBodyCharset property specifies character set of alternative plain-text body of e-mail message.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

objMailMessage.AltMessageBodyCharset = "unicode"

[VBScript]

objMailMessage.AltMessageBodyCharset = "unicode"

[C#]

objMailMessage.AltMessageBodyCharset = "unicode";

[C++]

HRESULT get_AltMessageBodyCharset(BSTR*);

HRESULT put_AltMessageBodyCharset(BSTR);

spMailMessage->PutAltMessageBodyCharset("unicode");

Remarks

AltMessageBodyCharset indicates which character set should be used to display alternative body of the message. Default value of AltMessageBodyCharset property is an empty string. Most common values of AltMessageBodyCharset property are:

"us-ascii" - US ASCII

"iso-8859-1" - Western European (ISO)

"windows-1252" - Western European (Windows)

"unicode" - Unicode (internally converted to UTF-8)

"iso-8859-2" - Central European (ISO)

"windows-1250" - Central European (Windows)

For more information please visit Charsets in Microsoft Internet Explorer.