This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

MailAddressCollection::ToString Method

Returns a string representation of the e-mail addresses in this MailAddressCollection object.

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

public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

Return Value

Type: System::String
A String containing the e-mail addresses in this collection.

When this collection contains multiple addresses, they are separated by a comma character (",").

The following example displays the e-mail addresses in the MailAddressCollection that are returned by the Bcc property.


   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.
Show: