diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailService.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailService.java
index 3d1e25e7a4..3e40cf53f7 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailService.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailService.java
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ public class EmailService {
         MimeBodyPart mimeBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
         mimeBodyPart.setContent(msg, "text/html; charset=utf-8");
 
+        String msgStyled = "This is my <b style='color:red;'>bold-red email</b> using JavaMailer";
+        MimeBodyPart mimeBodyPartWithStyledText = new MimeBodyPart();
+        mimeBodyPartWithStyledText.setContent(msgStyled, "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+
         MimeBodyPart attachmentBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
 
         attachmentBodyPart.attachFile(getFile());
 
         Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
         multipart.addBodyPart(mimeBodyPart);
+        multipart.addBodyPart(mimeBodyPartWithStyledText);
         multipart.addBodyPart(attachmentBodyPart);
 
         message.setContent(multipart);
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailServiceLiveTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailServiceLiveTest.java
index 7f543bc612..cec4cfcb55 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mail/EmailServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class EmailServiceLiveTest {
         MimeMessage receivedMessage = receivedMessages[0];
         assertEquals("Mail Subject", subjectFromMessage(receivedMessage));
         assertEquals("This is my first email using JavaMailer", emailTextFrom(receivedMessage));
+        assertEquals("This is my <b style='color:red;'>bold-red email</b> using JavaMailer", emailStyledTextFrom(receivedMessage));
         assertEquals("sample attachment content", attachmentContentsFrom(receivedMessage));
     }
 
@@ -50,9 +51,16 @@ public class EmailServiceLiveTest {
           .toString();
     }
 
+    private static String emailStyledTextFrom(MimeMessage receivedMessage) throws IOException, MessagingException {
+        return ((MimeMultipart) receivedMessage.getContent())
+            .getBodyPart(1)
+            .getContent()
+            .toString();
+    }
+
     private static String attachmentContentsFrom(MimeMessage receivedMessage) throws Exception {
         return ((MimeMultipart) receivedMessage.getContent())
-          .getBodyPart(1)
+          .getBodyPart(2)
           .getContent()
           .toString();
     }