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Sending an email using System.Net.Mail

Below is a C# and VB.NET class that demonstrates using System.Net.Mail to send an email.

Download C# System.Net.Mail Helper
Download VB.NET System.Net.Mail Helper

Calling the function from code

MailHelper .SendMailMessage( "" , "" , "" , "" , "Sample Subject" , "Sample body of text for mail message" )

MailHelper.cs

using System.Net.Mail;

 

public class MailHelper

{

   ///

   /// Sends an mail message

   ///

   /// Sender address

   /// Recepient address

   /// Bcc recepient

   /// Cc recepient

   /// Subject of mail message

   /// Body of mail message

   public static void SendMailMessage( string from, string to, string bcc, string cc, string subject, string body)

   {

      // Instantiate a new instance of MailMessage

      MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage ();

 

      // Set the sender address of the mail message

      mailMessage.From = new MailAddress (from);

      // Set the recepient address of the mail message

      mailMessage.To.Add( new MailAddress (to));

 

      // Check if the bcc value is null or an empty string

      if (! string .IsNullOrEmpty(bcc))

      {

        // Set the Bcc address of the mail message

        mailMessage.Bcc.Add( new MailAddress (bcc));

      }

 

      // Check if the cc value is null or an empty value

      if (! string .IsNullOrEmpty(cc))

      {

        // Set the CC address of the mail message

        mailMessage.CC.Add( new MailAddress (cc));

      }

 

      // Set the subject of the mail message

      mailMessage.Subject = subject;

      // Set the body of the mail message

      mailMessage.Body = body;

 

      // Set the format of the mail message body as HTML

      mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true ;

      // Set the priority of the mail message to normal

      mailMessage.Priority = MailPriority .Normal;

 

      // Instantiate a new instance of SmtpClient

      SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient ();

      // Send the mail message

      smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);

   }

}

MailHelper.vb

Imports System.Net.Mail

 

Public Class MailHelper

    '''

    ''' Sends an mail message

    '''

    ''' Sender address

    ''' Recepient address

    ''' Bcc recepient

    ''' Cc recepient

    ''' Subject of mail message

    ''' Body of mail message

    Public Shared Sub SendMailMessage( ByVal from As String , ByVal recepient As String , ByVal bcc As String , ByVal cc As String , ByVal subject As String , ByVal body As String )

        ' Instantiate a new instance of MailMessage

        Dim mailMessage As New MailMessage()

 

        ' Set the sender address of the mail message

        mailMessage.From = New MailAddress(from)

        ' Set the recepient address of the mail message

        mailMessage.To.Add( New MailAddress(recepient))

        ' Check if the bcc value is nothing or an empty string

 

        If Not String .IsNullOrEmpty(bcc) Then

            ' Set the Bcc address of the mail message

            mailMessage.Bcc.Add( New MailAddress(bcc))

        End If

 

        ' Check if the cc value is nothing or an empty value

        If Not String .IsNullOrEmpty(cc) Then

            ' Set the CC address of the mail message

            mailMessage.CC.Add( New MailAddress(cc))

        End If

 

        ' Set the subject of the mail message

        mailMessage.Subject = subject

        ' Set the body of the mail message

        mailMessage.Body = body

 

        ' Set the format of the mail message body as HTML

        mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = True

        ' Set the priority of the mail message to normal

        mailMessage.Priority = MailPriority.Normal

 

        ' Instantiate a new instance of SmtpClient

        Dim smtpClient As New SmtpClient()

        ' Send the mail message

        smtpClient.Send(mailMessage)

    End Sub

End Class

Web.config

xml version = " 1.0 " ?>

< configuration >

  < system.net >

    < mailSettings >

      < smtp from = " " >

        < network host = " smtp.yourdomain.com " port = " 25 " userName = " yourUserName " password = " yourPassword " />

      smtp >

    mailSettings >

  system.net >

configuration >

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Comments

Dom said:

I just wish MS would support VB fans as much as they do c#. On the MailMessage class, there is no code sample in VB. I am pleased you provided one!

March 19, 2006 5:54 AM