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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.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

address is nullptr.

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

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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