sending mailmessage via smtpclient. normalization errors

[JT-50]

when creating a basic email in vb.net

the following code:

Dim mail As New MailMessage()
mail.From = New MailAddress("meadow@example.com")

fails with the error: The type initializer for 'System.Text.Normalization' threw an exception.

I also saw this message when trying to change up my code: System.NotSupportedException: This runtime has been compiled without string normalization support.

[adrianstevens]

Thanks @JT-50 - we'll need to investigate, this may be a linker error