Send email using System.Net.Mail
To send mail using System.Net.Mail, you need to configure your SMTP service in your application's web.config
file using these values for mailSettings
:
<system.net> <mailSettings> <smtp from="your email address"> <network host="relay-hosting.secureserver.net" port="25" /> </smtp> </mailSettings> </system.net>
The network
rule's value will be used when you instantiate an SmtpClient
in your code.
C# code example
You can then use code similar to this to send email from your application:
MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
message.From = new MailAddress("your email address");
message.To.Add(new MailAddress("your recipient"));
message.Subject = "your subject";
message.Body = "content of your email";
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Send(message);
message.From = new MailAddress("your email address");
message.To.Add(new MailAddress("your recipient"));
message.Subject = "your subject";
message.Body = "content of your email";
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Send(message);