MailAddress Constructor (String^)

 

Initializes a new instance of the MailAddress class using the specified address.

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

public:
MailAddress(
	String^ address
)

Parameters

address
Type: System::String^

A String that contains an e-mail address.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

address is null.

ArgumentException

address is String::Empty ("").

FormatException

address is not in a recognized format.

The address parameter can contain a display name and the associated e-mail address if you enclose the address in angle brackets. For example:

"Tom Smith <tsmith@contoso.com>"

White space is permitted between the display name and the angle brackets.

The following table shows the property values for a MailAddress object constructed using the preceding example address.

Property

Value

DisplayName

"Tom Smith"

Host

"contoso.com"

User

"tsmith"

Address

"tsmith@contoso.com"

The following code example uses this constructor to create a MailAddress object for the Bcc recipient of an e-mail message.

static void CreateBccTestMessage( 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 = L"Using the SmtpClient class.";
   message->Body = L"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
   MailAddress^ bcc = gcnew MailAddress( L"manager1@contoso.com" );
   message->Bcc->Add( bcc );
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
   client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
   Console::WriteLine( L"Sending an e-mail message to {0} and {1}.", to->DisplayName, message->Bcc );
   try
   { 
       client->Send( message );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ ex )
   {
       Console::WriteLine(L"Exception caught in CreateBccTestMessage(): {0}", 
                     ex->ToString() );
   }
   client->~SmtpClient();
}


.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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