SPUser.Email property

Gets or sets the e-mail address of the user. (Read-only in sandboxed solutions.)

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Email As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As SPUser
Dim value As String

value = instance.Email

instance.Email = value
public string Email { get; set; }

Property value

Type: System.String
A string that contains the e-mail address.

Remarks

To modify the e-mail address for a user by setting the value of the Email property, call the Update method to effect the changes in the database.

Examples

The following code example modifies the e-mail address for a specified user object.

Dim siteCollection As SPSite = SPControl.GetContextSite(Context)
Dim site As SPWeb = siteColl.AllWebs("Site_Name")
Dim user As SPUser = site.AllUsers("User_Name")

user.Email = "E-mail_Address"

user.Update()
SPSite oSiteCollection = SPContext.Current.Site;
using (SPWeb oWebsite = oSiteCollection.AllWebs["Website_Name"])
{
    SPUser oUser = oWebsite.AllUsers["User_Name"];

    oUser.Email = " E-mail_Address";

    oUser.Update();
}

Note

Certain objects implement the IDisposable interface, and you must avoid retaining these objects in memory after they are no longer needed. For information about good coding practices, see Disposing Objects.

See also

Reference

SPUser class

SPUser members

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace