smtpclient

SmtpClient class not picking up default parameters from Web.Config file.

config file : <system.net> <mailSettings> <smtp from="[email protected]"> <network host="mail.xxxxxx.com" port="25" password="password" userName="[email protected]" defaultCredentials="false" /> </smtp> </mailSettings> </system.net> I've already tried defaultCredentials="true" but i recieved following message: System.FormatException: Sm...

How do I send an email message from my C# application?

This is the code I wrote: MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]"); mail.Subject = "This is a test!!"; mail.Body = "testing..."; SmtpPermission connectAccess = new SmtpPermission(SmtpAccess.Connect); System.Console.WriteLine("Access? " + connectAccess.Access); ...

Can I test SmtpClient before calling client.Send()?

This is related to a question I asked the other day on how to send email. My new, related question is this... what if the user of my application is behind a firewall or some other reason why the line client.Send(mail) won't work... After the lines: SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("mysmtpserver.com", myportID); client.Credentials...

.NET SMTPClient - where is pending outgoing mail stored?

If I've queued up some email to be sent via the System.Net.Mail.SMTPClent, where can I find this mail? With the Windows SMTP Client, it's in the C:\inetpub\mailroot folder - is there a similar folder for the .NET client? EDIT: Here's an example. If I turn off the outgoing SMTP server on my XP computer and then run an application that se...

Why can SmtpClient.SendAsync only be called once?

I'm trying to write a notification service (for completely legit non-spam purposes) in .NET using SmtpClient. Initially I just looped through each message and sent it, however this is slow and I would like to improve the speed. So, I switched to using 'SendAsync', but now get the following error on the second call: An asynchronous ca...

Someone please explain how YPOPS and GetMail for Hotmail work together?

In the last half hour I've been successfully forwarding my mail from my free Yahoo account which does not have POP3 enabled to my GMail account, by using these two free utilities: ypops and getmail for hotmail. The setup was straightforward, I just followed the instructions from this article: link text Could someone please explain why I...

How to enable SSL for SmtpClient in Web.config

Is there a way to set the EnableSSL from the web.config? I could set this property in code, but that wouldn't work for the Simple Mail Web Event and other classes that uses the default Smtp Server. Any ideas? ...

BCC never sent from Exchange 2007 using SpecifiedPickupDirectory

I'm using an Exchange 2007 pickup directory to send emails from my ASP.NET application with System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient. Thus I'm using SmtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.SpecifiedPickupDirectory. It sends emails fine, but then I noticed that BCC is not working at all. The file being placed in the pickup folder seems to have t...

Throttling speed of email sending process

Sorry the title is a bit crappy, I couldn't quite word it properly. Edit: I should note this is a console c# app I've prototyped out a system that works like so (this is rough pseudo-codeish): var collection = grabfromdb(); foreach (item in collection) { SendAnEmail(); } SendAnEmail: SmtpClient mailClient = new SmtpClient; mai...

.NET MailMessage and SMTPClient Getting Tagged as Spam?

I'm preparing basic HTML email and have used a basic HTML template with proper HEAD and BODY tags, but for some reason, my users are having trouble getting emails from me. I'm using ASP.NET MailMessage and SMTPClient objects and the mail sends just fine, I can get test messages to myself and most users are getting them, but some sites a...

MailMessage.From.DisplayName not behaving as expected with SmtpClient.Send()

I am using the following code to send an email in .Net2.0. MailMessage message = new MailMessage(); message.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "[email protected] on behalf of someone else"); message.To.Add("[email protected]"); message.IsBodyHtml = true; message.Body = "some actual html here, not just a string...

How do I set the SMTP ENVID using system.net.mail

The SMTP spec allows for an envelopeid to be specified in the "MAIL FROM" command. This associates an id in the email envelope that can be used by MTAs for determining deliverablility of the message. When using the .NET framework library system.net.mail. I cannot seem to find a way to set the SMTP envelope id. This is the second time I...

Sending mail throught http proxy

Hi, I'm trying to send emails from a system that connects to internet through a http proxy which is set in Internet Options. i'm using SmtpClient. Is there any way to send mails with SmtpClient through this proxy setting. Thanks ...

.NET Best Method to Send Email (System.Net.Mail has issues)

This seems to be pretty straight forward. I need to send email from some ASP.NET applications. I need to do this consistently without strange errors and without CPU utilization going through the roof. I'm not talking about mass emailing, just occasional emails. System.Net.Mail appears to be horribly broken. The SmtpClient does not issue...

Email not being sent to certain email addresses using SmtpClient

I have created a simple asp.net email form for a client, which is sending off emails using the SmtpClient class. It is very basic and works in most instances. The form is used in a number of websites but it only works intermittently. The code always works and does not throw any exceptions, it just works correctly but intermittently and ...

Optimal way to send mail with SmtpClient?

I'm looking for good performance when sending a lot of e-mails. I have heard that the right way to do it is to open a connection send ~20 e-mails and close the connection. And do that over and over again. Is this correct? And how does SmtpClient work, does it open a connection for it's own lifetime? (not IDisposable, so doesn't look li...

Independentsoft generated .msg Messages losing attachments when forwarded

Hello All, I have got an issue that to be honest I initially did not think was a programming issue, but after checking all other areas I would appreciate your feedback if this could possibly be one. We have an ASP.NET web application that sends emails with attachments to users. Once sent the message is saved as a .msg file in SharePoi...

How to set a nice name for an e-mail (System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient) attachment

I'm sending attachments using the System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient in C#. The attachment names are the same as the name of the file I pass into the attachment constructor myMail.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(attachmentFileName)); How would I go about setting a "nice" name for the attachment? The names I currently have are basically numeri...

Properly disposing resources used by SmtpClient

I have a C# service that runs continuously with user credentials (i.e not as localsystem - I can't change this though I want to). For the most part the service seems to run ok, but ever so often it bombs out and restarts for no apparent reason (servicer manager is set to restart service on crash). I am doing substantial event logging, a...

C# sending mails with images inline using SmtpClient

SmtpClient() allows you to add attachments to your mails, but what if you wanna make an image appear when the mail opens, instead of attaching it? As I remember, it can be done with about 4 lines of code, but I don't remember how and I can't find it on the MSDN site. EDIT: I'm not using a website or anything, not even an IP address. Th...