SmtpClient.DeliveryMethod Property (System.Net.Mail)

.NET Framework Class Library

SmtpClient..::.DeliveryMethod Property

Specifies how outgoing email messages will be handled.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property DeliveryMethod As SmtpDeliveryMethod

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As SmtpClient
Dim value As SmtpDeliveryMethod

value = instance.DeliveryMethod

instance.DeliveryMethod = value

public SmtpDeliveryMethod DeliveryMethod { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property SmtpDeliveryMethod DeliveryMethod {
    SmtpDeliveryMethod get ();
    void set (SmtpDeliveryMethod value);
}

JScript

public function get DeliveryMethod () : SmtpDeliveryMethod
public function set DeliveryMethod (value : SmtpDeliveryMethod)

Property Value

Type: System.Net.Mail..::.SmtpDeliveryMethod
An SmtpDeliveryMethod that indicates how email messages are delivered.

Remarks

Delivery methods include:

An SMTP server.
Moving the email into the pickup directory for IIS, which then delivers the message.
Moving the email to a directory specified by PickupDirectoryLocation for later delivery by another application.

The default value for this property can also be set in a machine or application configuration file. Any changes made to the PickupDirectoryLocation property override the configuration file settings.

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

SmtpClient Class

SmtpClient Members

System.Net.Mail Namespace

Other Resources

<mailSettings> Element (Network Settings)