I use SmtpMail for users to forward site content. The user fills out a form which includes first name and email.
The email sent has the full email address as the "From address" in the recipients inbox (they see From: [email protected] while I want them to see From: Joe).
How can I format the "From address" to be the users inputted first name?
Thanks!
The MailAddress class has an optional parameter where you can specify a display name. I assume it will be used when present.
Dim from As MailAddress = New MailAddress("[email protected]", "Ben Miller")
Dim to As MailAddress = New MailAddress("[email protected]", "Jane Clayton")
Dim message As MailMessage = New MailMessage(from, to)
This has always worked for me:
Dim myMessage As New MailMessage
Dim myFrom As MailAddress = New MailAddress("[email protected]", "Bob Denver")
Dim myTo As MailAddress = New MailAddress("[email protected]", "Steve Miller")
myMessage.From = myFrom
myMessage.To.Add(myTo)