DispositionTypeNames.Attachment Field

Definition

Specifies that the attachment is to be displayed as a file attached to the email message.

public const string Attachment;

Field Value

Examples

The following code example sets the disposition type for an attachment.

public static void CreateMessageWithAttachment4(string server, string to)
{
    // Specify the file to be attached and sent.
    // This example uses a file on a UNC share.
    string file = @"\\share3\c$\reports\data.xls";
    // Create a message and set up the recipients.
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage(
       "ReportMailer@contoso.com",
       to,
       "Quarterly data report",
       "See the attached spreadsheet.");

    // Create  the file attachment for this email message.
    Attachment data = new Attachment("qtr3.xls", MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
    // Add time stamp information for the file.
    ContentDisposition disposition = data.ContentDisposition;
    disposition.CreationDate = System.IO.File.GetCreationTime(file);
    disposition.ModificationDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(file);
    disposition.ReadDate = System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime(file);
    disposition.DispositionType = DispositionTypeNames.Attachment;
    // Add the file attachment to this email message.
    message.Attachments.Add(data);
    //Send the message.
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
    // Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
    client.Credentials = (ICredentialsByHost)CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
    client.Send(message);
    // Display the message headers.
    string[] keys = message.Headers.AllKeys;
    Console.WriteLine("Headers");
    foreach (string s in keys)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}:", s);
        Console.WriteLine("    {0}", message.Headers[s]);
    }
    data.Dispose();
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also