need options for sending e-mail from a c# win application.

George Loveless

yes, I need some different options as to how I can send an e-mail from a c# windows application. I don't have a smpt server running on my machine and was not sure if I needed one.

I basically want to send an e-mail text message (see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/smscell.htm).

Here's what I have:
... using System.Web.Mail; ...

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = "[email protected]";           
mail.To = "[email protected]";             
mail.Subject = "test";        	
mail.Body = "test body";           
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "";   // not sure about this...? ("www.toad.com".. or something?)
// and then send the mail
SmtpMail.Send(mail);

Thanks Tons!!

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mathieu_cupryk17y ago
I need to prepare the email in outlook using c# and then be able to send it from outlook.
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George Loveless17y ago
yes, I came across that too. sending e-mail through gmail is the way to go. I'm using the code supplied here:
http://www.shabdar.org/send-email-using-gmail-account-asp-net-csharp.html

however this seems to give some people a time out error because they can not connect to the server. I seem to be having this same time out problem. I'm really confused. I 'll keep looking into it. any suggestions are welcome. : )
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Niradhip Chakraborty17y ago
smtpserver is necessary for sending a mail in c#.net

if u want to send the email means use gmail smtpserver in your project "smtp.gmail.com"

use your username and password for that !
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