using System.Configuration;

using System.Web.Configuration;

using System.Net.Configuration;

Configuration configurationFile = WebConfigurationManager .OpenWebConfiguration( "PathToConfigFile" );

MailSettingsSectionGroup mailSettings = configurationFile.GetSectionGroup( "system.net/mailSettings" ) as MailSettingsSectionGroup ;

if (mailSettings != null )

{

    int port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port;

    string host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host;

    string password = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password;

    string username = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName;

}

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Web.Configuration

Imports System.Net.Configuration

Dim configurationFile As Configuration = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration( "PathToConfigFile" )

Dim mailSettings As MailSettingsSectionGroup = configurationFile.GetSectionGroup( "system.net/mailSettings" )

If Not mailSettings Is Nothing Then

    Dim port As Integer = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port

    Dim host As String = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host

    Dim password As String = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password

    Dim username As String = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName

End If

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

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);

   }

}

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

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 >