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MailMessage Constructor (String, String)

Initializes a new instance of the MailMessage class by using the specified String class objects.

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

public:
MailMessage(
	String^ from, 
	String^ to
)

Parameters

from
Type: System::String

A String that contains the address of the sender of the e-mail message.

to
Type: System::String

A String that contains the addresses of the recipients of the e-mail message.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

from is nullptr.

-or-

to is nullptr.

ArgumentException

from is Empty ("").

-or-

to is Empty ("").

FormatException

from or to is malformed.

The From property is initialized using from and the To property is initialized using to.

The following code example demonstrates calling this constructor.

   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();
   }
public:
   static void CreateTestMessage2(String* server )
    {
        String* to = S"jane@contoso.com";
        String* from = S"ben@contoso.com";
        MailMessage* message = new MailMessage(from, to);
        message->Subject = S"Using the new SMTP client.";
        message->Body = S"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;
       client->Send(message);
       client->Dispose();
    }

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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