[ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete in .NET 4.5+. Use ConnectAsync instead.")]
public IAsyncResult BeginConnect(
	AsyncCallback callback,
	Object state
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete in .NET 4.5+. Use ConnectAsync instead.")>
Public Function BeginConnect ( 
	callback As AsyncCallback,
	state As Object
) As IAsyncResult

using System;
using MailBee;
using MailBee.SmtpMail;

class Sample
{
    // "Connected" event handler.
    private static void OnConnected(object sender, ConnectedEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Successfully connected to the server.");
    }

    // The actual code.
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Smtp mailer = new Smtp();

        mailer.SmtpServers.Add("smtp.somehost.com");

        // Subscribe to the Connected event.
        mailer.Connected += new ConnectedEventHandler(OnConnected);

        // Initiate an asynchronous connection.
        mailer.BeginConnect(null, null);

        // Simulate some lengthy work here. At the same time, 
        // the connection with the server is established on another thread.
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000);

        // End the connection request.
        mailer.EndConnect();

        mailer.Disconnect();
    }
}

Imports System
Imports MailBee
Imports MailBee.SmtpMail

Class Sample
    ' "Connected" event handler.
    Private Shared Sub OnConnected(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ConnectedEventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine("Successfully connected to the server.")
    End Sub

    ' The actual code.
    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        Dim mailer As New Smtp

        mailer.SmtpServers.Add("smtp.somehost.com")

        ' Subscribe to the Connected event.
        AddHandler mailer.Connected, AddressOf OnConnected

        ' Initiate an asynchronous connection.
        mailer.BeginConnect(Nothing, Nothing)

        ' Simulate some lengthy work here. At the same time,
        ' the connection with the server is established on another thread.
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000)

        ' End the connection request.
        mailer.EndConnect()

        mailer.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Class