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MailMessage Class

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Mail
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Caution

The recommended alternative is System.Net.Mail.MailMessage. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202

Provides properties and methods for constructing an email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

C# 
public class MailMessage
C# 
[System.Obsolete("The recommended alternative is System.Net.Mail.MailMessage. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
public class MailMessage
Inheritance
Object
MailMessage
Attributes
ObsoleteAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to use the MailMessage class.

Important

This control has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

ASP.NET (C#) 
<%-- 
This example shows how to send a mail message from a Web Forms page
using the classes in the System.Web.Mail namespace.
--%>

<%@ IMPORT namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script language="C#" runat="server">
  void Page_Load()
  {
     if (!IsPostBack)
     {
        txtTo.Text="john@contoso.com";
        txtFrom.Text="marsha@contoso.com";
        txtCc.Text="fred@contoso.com";
        txtBcc.Text="wilma@contoso.com";
        txtSubject.Text="Hello";
        txtBody.Text="This is a test message.";
        txtAttach.Text=@"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Sunset.jpg,"
           + @"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Winter.jpg";
    txtBodyEncoding.Text = Encoding.ASCII.EncodingName;
    txtBodyFormat.Text="HTML";
    txtPriority.Text="Normal";
    txtUrlContentBase.Text="http://www.contoso.com/images";
    txtUrlContentLocation.Text="http://www.contoso.com/images";
        // Name of relay mail server in your domain.
    txtMailServer.Text="smarthost";
     }
  }

  void btnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
     string sTo, sFrom, sSubject, sBody;
     string sAttach, sCc, sBcc, sBodyEncoding;
     string sBodyFormat, sMailServer, sPriority;
     string sUrlContentBase, sUrlContentLocation;
 int iLoop1;

 sTo = txtTo.Text.Trim();
 sFrom = txtFrom.Text.Trim();
 sSubject = txtSubject.Text.Trim();
 sBody = txtBody.Text.Trim();
 sAttach = txtAttach.Text.Trim();
 sCc = txtCc.Text.Trim();
 sBcc = txtBcc.Text.Trim();
 sBodyFormat = txtBodyFormat.Text.Trim();
 sBodyEncoding = txtBodyEncoding.Text.Trim();
 sPriority = txtPriority.Text.Trim();
 sUrlContentBase = txtUrlContentBase.Text.Trim();
 sUrlContentLocation = txtUrlContentLocation.Text.Trim();
 sMailServer = txtMailServer.Text.Trim();

 MailMessage MyMail = new MailMessage();
 MyMail.From = sFrom;
 MyMail.To = sTo;
 MyMail.Subject = sSubject;
 MyMail.Body = sBody;
 MyMail.Cc = sCc;
 MyMail.Bcc = sBcc;
 MyMail.UrlContentBase = sUrlContentBase;
 MyMail.UrlContentLocation = sUrlContentLocation;

     if (txtBodyEncoding.Text == Encoding.UTF7.EncodingName)
        MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF7;
     else if (txtBodyEncoding.Text == Encoding.UTF8.EncodingName)
        MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
     else
        MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.ASCII;

 switch (sBodyFormat.ToUpper())
     {
        case "HTML": 
           MyMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html;
           break;
        default: 
           MyMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
           break;
     }
     
     switch (sPriority.ToUpper())
     {
        case "HIGH": 
           MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.High;
           break;
        case "LOW": 
           MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.Low;
           break;
        default: 
           MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.Normal;
           break;
     }
     
     // Build an IList of mail attachments.
     if (sAttach != "")
     {
        char[] delim = new char[] {','};
        foreach (string sSubstr in sAttach.Split(delim))
        {
           MailAttachment MyAttachment = new MailAttachment(sSubstr);
           MyMail.Attachments.Add(MyAttachment);
        }
     }
 
     SmtpMail.SmtpServer = sMailServer;
 SmtpMail.Send(MyMail);
 lblMsg1.Text="C# Message sent to " + MyMail.To;
  }

  void btnClear_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
     lblMsg1.Text="";
     txtTo.Text="";
     txtFrom.Text="";
     txtSubject.Text="";
     txtBody.Text="";
     txtAttach.Text="";
     txtBcc.Text="";
     txtCc.Text="";
 txtBodyEncoding.Text="";
 txtBodyFormat.Text="";
 txtPriority.Text="";
 txtUrlContentBase.Text="";
 txtUrlContentLocation.Text="";
 txtMailServer.Text="";
     btnSubmit.Text="Submit";
  }
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>Mail Form Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <h4>Send a new mail message:</h4>
   <form id="form1" method="Post" action="MailForm.aspx" runat="server">
      <table style="width:350; background-color:#FFFF99">
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>To:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtTo" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>From:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtFrom" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Subject:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtSubject" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>MessageBody:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBody" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Attachments:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtAttach" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>CC:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBcc" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BCC:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtCc" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BodyEncoding:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBodyEncoding" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BodyFormat:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBodyFormat" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Priority:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtPriority" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>URL Content Base:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtUrlContentBase" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>URL Content Location:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtUrlContentLocation" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Mail Server:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtMailServer" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
      </table><br />

      <asp:button id="btnSubmit" Text="Submit" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" runat="server"/>
      <asp:button id="btnClear" Text="Clear" OnClick="btnClear_Click" runat="server"/>
      <p><asp:Label id="lblMsg1" runat="server"/></p>
   </form>
   </body>
</html>

Constructors

MailMessage()

Initializes a new instance of the MailMessage class. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

Properties

Attachments

Specifies the collection of attachments that are transmitted with the message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Bcc

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of email addresses that receive a blind carbon copy (BCC) of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Body

Gets or sets the body of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
BodyEncoding

Gets or sets the encoding type of the body of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
BodyFormat

Gets or sets the content type of the body of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Cc

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of email addresses that receive a carbon copy (CC) of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Fields

Gets a collection of objects that map to Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) fields. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
From

Gets or sets the email address of the sender. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Headers

Specifies the custom headers that are transmitted with the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Priority

Gets or sets the priority of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
Subject

Gets or sets the subject line of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
To

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of recipient email addresses. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
UrlContentBase

Gets or sets the Content-Base HTTP header, the URL base of all relative URLs used within the HTML-encoded body of the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
UrlContentLocation

Gets or sets the Content-Location HTTP header for the email message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to

Product Versions (Obsolete)
.NET Framework 1.1 (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)