Send an Email In MVC 4 Application

For this I will create a new project as in the following:


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Now right-click on the Model Folder in the solution and click on "Add" | "New Item...".


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Add a new class.


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And here the MyMailModel.cs file has the following code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace SendMailUsingMVC4.Models
{
    public class MyMailModel
    {
        public string To { get; set; }
        public string Subject { get; set; }
        public string Body { get; set; }
    }
}

Now right-click on the Controller Folder and click on "Add" | "Controller...":


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Now place the following code in MailessageController:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Net.Mail;
 using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using SendMailUsingMVC4.Models;

namespace SendMailUsingMVC4.Controllers
{
    public class MailMessagingController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /MailMessaging/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Index( MyMailModel objModelMail, HttpPostedFileBase fileUploader)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                string from = "[email protected]"; //any valid GMail ID
                using (MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(from, objModelMail.To))
                {
                    mail.Subject = objModelMail.Subject;
                    mail.Body = objModelMail.Body;
                    if (fileUploader != null)
                    {
                        string fileName = Path.GetFileName(fileUploader.FileName);
                        mail.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(fileUploader.InputStream, fileName));
                    }
                    mail.IsBodyHtml = false;
                    SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
                    smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
                    smtp.EnableSsl = true;
                    NetworkCredential networkCredential = new NetworkCredential(from, "Gmail Id Password");
                    smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
                    smtp.Credentials = networkCredential;
                    smtp.Port = 587;
                    smtp.Host = "localhost";
                    smtp.Send(mail);
                    ViewBag.Message = "Sent";
                    return View("Index", objModelMail);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return View();
            }
        }

    }
}

Now right-click on Index and click "Add View...":


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Now place the following code in your View:

@model SendMailUsingMVC4.Models.MyMailModel

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Sending Mail In MVC4";
}
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        if ('@ViewBag.Message' == 'Sent') {
            alert('Mail has been sent successfully');
        }
    });
</script>
<fieldset>
    <legend>Send Email
    </legend>
    @using (@Html.BeginForm("Index", "MailMessaging", FormMethod.Post, new { @id = "form1", @enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
    {
        @Html.ValidationSummary()
        <table style="background-color:aliceblue;">
            <tr>
                <td> To:
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.To)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Subject:
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Subject)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Attachment
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="file" name="fileUploader" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Mail Body:
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Body)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>
                    <input type="submit" value="Send" style="width: 100px;" /></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    }
</fieldset>

Now run your application:


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