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MailAddress Class
 Address Property
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.NET Framework Class Library
MailAddress..::.Address Property

Gets the e-mail address specified when this instance was created.

Namespace:  System.Net.Mail
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property Address As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As MailAddress
Dim value As String

value = instance.Address
C#
public string Address { get; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ Address {
    String^ get ();
}
JScript
public function get Address () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that contains the e-mail address.

The value returned by this property does not include the DisplayName information.

The following code example displays the address for an e-mail message recipient.

C#
        public static void CreateCopyMessage(string server)
        {
            MailAddress from = new MailAddress("ben@contoso.com", "Ben Miller");
            MailAddress to = new MailAddress("jane@contoso.com", "Jane Clayton");
            MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to);
            // message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
            message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
            message.Body = @"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
            // Add a carbon copy recipient.
            MailAddress copy = new MailAddress("Notification_List@contoso.com");
            message.CC.Add(copy);
            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
            // Include credentials if the server requires them.
            client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
            Console.WriteLine("Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using the SMTP host {1}.",
                 to.Address, client.Host);
    
        try {
        client.Send(message);
      }
      catch (Exception ex) {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateCopyMessage(): {0}", 
                    ex.ToString() );
        }
    }
Visual C++
static void CreateCopyMessage( String^ server )
{
   MailAddress^ from = gcnew MailAddress( L"ben@contoso.com",L"Ben Miller" );
   MailAddress^ to = gcnew MailAddress( L"jane@contoso.com",L"Jane Clayton" );
   MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( from,to );

   // message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
   message->Subject = L"Using the SmtpClient class.";
   message->Body = L"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";

   // Add a carbon copy recipient.
   MailAddress^ copy = gcnew MailAddress( L"Notification_List@contoso.com" );
   message->CC->Add( copy );
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );

   // Include credentials if the server requires them.
   client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
   Console::WriteLine( L"Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using the SMTP host {1}.", to->Address, client->Host );
   client->Send( message );
   client->~SmtpClient();
}


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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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