MailMessage Class
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
Instances of the MailMessage class are used to construct e-mail messages that are transmitted to an SMTP server for delivery using the SmtpClient class.
To specify the sender, recipient, and contents of an e-mail message, use the associated properties of the MailMessage class.
| Mail part | Property |
|---|---|
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Carbon copies (CC) | |
| Blind carbon copies (BCC) | |
| Attachments | |
| Subject | |
| Message body |
Use the AlternateViews property to specify copies of an e-mail message in different formats. For example, if you send a message in HTML, you might also want to provide a plain text version in case some of the recipients use e-mail readers that cannot display HTML content. For an example that demonstrates creating a message with alternate views, see AlternateViews.
After assembling your e-mail message, you can send it by using the Send or SendAsync methods.
The following code example demonstrates creating and sending an e-mail message that includes an attachment.
public static void CreateMessageWithAttachment(string server) { // Specify the file to be attached and sent. // This example assumes that a file named Data.xls exists in the // current working directory. string file = "data.xls"; // Create a message and set up the recipients. MailMessage message = new MailMessage( "jane@contoso.com", "ben@contoso.com", "Quarterly data report.", "See the attached spreadsheet."); // Create the file attachment for this e-mail message. Attachment data = new Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet); // Add time stamp information for the file. ContentDisposition disposition = data.ContentDisposition; disposition.CreationDate = System.IO.File.GetCreationTime(file); disposition.ModificationDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(file); disposition.ReadDate = System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime(file); // Add the file attachment to this e-mail message. message.Attachments.Add(data); //Send the message. SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server); // Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them. client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials; client.Send(message); // Display the values in the ContentDisposition for the attachment. ContentDisposition cd = data.ContentDisposition; Console.WriteLine("Content disposition"); Console.WriteLine(cd.ToString()); Console.WriteLine("File {0}", cd.FileName); Console.WriteLine("Size {0}", cd.Size); Console.WriteLine("Creation {0}", cd.CreationDate); Console.WriteLine("Modification {0}", cd.ModificationDate); Console.WriteLine("Read {0}", cd.ReadDate); Console.WriteLine("Inline {0}", cd.Inline); Console.WriteLine("Parameters: {0}", cd.Parameters.Count); foreach (DictionaryEntry d in cd.Parameters) { Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", d.Key, d.Value); } data.Dispose(); }
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.