Send richtext as body using lotus notes with Vb 6.0

[idrisgani]

Hi,

I need to send the Richtext formatted text using lotus notes through VB 6.0.

When i use richtext.textRTF property its appending the text like below

{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\b\fs20
\par Testing\b0 :Testing
\par \b Mail:\b0 Testing

Please help me to send the richtext as formatted one