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MailMessage Class

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Provides properties and methods for constructing an e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Web.Mail.MailMessage

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

Syntax

C++

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

The MailMessage type exposes the following members.

Constructors

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

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Properties

	Name	Description
	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 e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	Body	Gets or sets the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	BodyEncoding	Gets or sets the encoding type of the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	BodyFormat	Gets or sets the content type of the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	Cc	Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of e-mail addresses that receive a carbon copy (CC) of the e-mail 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 e-mail address of the sender. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	Headers	Specifies the custom headers that are transmitted with the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	Priority	Gets or sets the priority of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	Subject	Gets or sets the subject line of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	To	Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of recipient e-mail 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 e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.
	UrlContentLocation	Gets or sets the Content-Location HTTP header for the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (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.)

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Examples

The following example shows how to use the MailMessage class.

Security Note
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.

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<%-- 
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>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 1.1, 1.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP2
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP2

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

System.Web.Mail Namespace

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