ASP.Net - How do I allow users to enter html tags in textbox without runtime errors?

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I have an input textbox on an asp.net page and when a user inputs any tags like break tags or bold an error occurs. I currently am using the following to encode the input:

Server.HtmlEncode(mytextbox.Text)

However this only encodes characters when they aren't phrased as an html tag, like if the input is "<<<>>>>>" is there a way for me to allow the user to put the tags in without it leading to a runtime error?

Thanks.

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