MailMessage.Body Property (System.Net.Mail)

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.NET Framework Class Library

MailMessage..::.Body Property

Gets or sets the message body.

Namespace: System.Net.Mail
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Body As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MailMessage
Dim value As String

value = instance.Body

instance.Body = value

public string Body { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ Body {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get Body () : String
public function set Body (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String value that contains the body text.

Remarks

The ContentType of the Body content is "text/plain". Specify the encoding used for the body with the BodyEncoding property.

If the body content is available in alternative formats that provide richer presentation options for the recipients, you can specify alternate views for the body content by using the AlternateViews property. For example, an application might choose to send both the plain text body and an HTML version of the message body. E-mail readers that can display HTML can present the HTML version of the body to the recipient, while readers that cannot display HTML will display the plain text version of the message instead.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting the Body property.

        public static void CreateTestMessage2(string server)
        {
            string to = "jane@contoso.com";
            string from = "ben@contoso.com";
            MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to);
            message.Subject = "Using the new SMTP client.";
            message.Body = @"Using this new feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
            // Credentials are necessary if the server requires the client 
            // to authenticate before it will send e-mail on the client's behalf.
            client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

      try {
              client.Send(message);
            }  
            catch (Exception ex) {
              Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateTestMessage2(): {0}", 
                    ex.ToString() );              
      }              
        }

Visual C++

   static void CreateTestMessage2( String^ server )
   {
      String^ to = L"jane@contoso.com";
      String^ from = L"ben@contoso.com";
      MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( from,to );
      message->Subject = L"Using the new SMTP client.";
      message->Body = L"Using this new feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
      SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );

      // Credentials are necessary if the server requires the client 
      // to authenticate before it will send e-mail on the client's behalf.
      client->UseDefaultCredentials = true;
      client->Send( message );
      client->~SmtpClient();
   }

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

MailMessage Class

MailMessage Members

System.Net.Mail Namespace

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SMTP Sample Using PowerShell

Thomas Lee | Edit | Show History

# Send-SMTPMessage.ps1

# MSDN Sample, recoded using PowerShell

# Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk

  # Create from/to addresses  
  $from = New-Object system.net.mail.MailAddress "powershell@psp.co.uk"
  $to = New-Object system.net.mail.MailAddress tfl@psp.co.uk
    # Create Message
  $message = new-object system.net.mail.MailMessage $from, $to
$message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class and PowerShell"$message.Body = @"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.  
"@  
# Set SMTP Server and create SMTP Client
$server = "localhost"
$client = new-object system.net.mail.smtpclient $server  # SO do it
"Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using SMTP host {1} port {2}." -f $to.ToString(), $client.Host, $client.Port
try {  
$client.Send($message)
}catch {
"Exception caught in CreateTestMessage: {0}" -f $Error.ToStrin }  
This script produces the following output:
 
C:\foo> .\send-smtpmessage.ps1
Sending an e-mail message to tfl by using SMTP host localhost  port 25