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SmtpClient::Port Property

Gets or sets the port used for SMTP transactions.

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

public:
property int Port {
	int get ();
	void set (int value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int32
An Int32 that contains the port number on the SMTP host. The default value is 25.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value specified for a set operation is less than or equal to zero.

InvalidOperationException

You cannot change the value of this property when an email is being sent.

The value of the Port property can also be set using constructors or the application or machine configuration file. For more information about using configuration files, see <mailSettings> Element (Network Settings). If information is specified using this property, this information overrides the configuration file settings.

The following code example demonstrates sending an e-mail message by using the host and port specified in an application configuration file.

static void CreateTestMessage4( String^ server )
{
   MailAddress^ from = gcnew MailAddress( L"ben@contoso.com" );
   MailAddress^ to = gcnew MailAddress( L"Jane@contoso.com" );
   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.";
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using SMTP host {1} port {2}.", to, client->Host, client->Port );
   client->Send( message );
   client->~SmtpClient();
}
public:
    static void CreateTestMessage4(String* server)
    {
       MailAddress* from = new MailAddress(S"ben@contoso.com");
       MailAddress* to = new MailAddress(S"Jane@contoso.com");
       MailMessage* message = new MailMessage(from, to);
        message->Subject = S"Using the SmtpClient class.";
        message->Body = S"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
        SmtpClient* client = new SmtpClient(server);
        Console::WriteLine(S"Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using SMTP host {1} port {2}.", 
             to, client->Host, __box(client->Port));
        client->Send(message);
        client->Dispose();
    }

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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