MailMessage Class

 
Note: This API is now obsolete.

Provides properties and methods for constructing an e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

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

System.Object
  System.Web.Mail.MailMessage

<ObsoleteAttribute("The recommended alternative is System.Net.Mail.MailMessage. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>
Public Class MailMessage

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodMailMessage()

Initializes a new instance of the MailMessage class. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubpropertyAttachments

Specifies the collection of attachments that are transmitted with the message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyBcc

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of email addresses that receive a blind carbon copy (BCC) of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyBody

Gets or sets the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyBodyEncoding

Gets or sets the encoding type of the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyBodyFormat

Gets or sets the content type of the body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyCc

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of e-mail addresses that receive a carbon copy (CC) of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyFields

Gets a collection of objects that map to Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) fields. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyFrom

Gets or sets the e-mail address of the sender. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyHeaders

Specifies the custom headers that are transmitted with the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyPriority

Gets or sets the priority of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertySubject

Gets or sets the subject line of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyTo

Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited list of recipient e-mail addresses. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyUrlContentBase

Gets or sets the Content-Base HTTP header, the URL base of all relative URLs used within the HTML-encoded body of the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyUrlContentLocation

Gets or sets the Content-Location HTTP header for the e-mail message. Recommended alternative: System.Net.Mail.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodEquals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_protmethodFinalize()

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_protmethodMemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

The following example shows how to use the MailMessage class.

System_CAPS_security Security Note

This control has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

<%-- 
This example shows how to send a mail message from a Web Forms page 
using the classes in the System.Web.Mail namespace.
--%>

<%@ IMPORT namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script language="VB" runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load()
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            lblMsg1.Text = ""
            txtTo.Text = "john@contoso.com"
            txtFrom.Text = "marsha@contoso.com"
            txtCc.Text = "fred@contoso.com"
            txtBcc.Text = "wilma@contoso.com"
            txtSubject.Text = "Hello"
            txtBody.Text = "This is a test message."
            txtAttach.Text = "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Sunset.jpg," _
               & "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Winter.jpg"
            txtBodyEncoding.Text = Encoding.ASCII.EncodingName
            txtBodyFormat.Text = "HTML"
            txtPriority.Text = "Normal"
            txtUrlContentBase.Text = "http://www.contoso.com/images"
            txtUrlContentLocation.Text = "http://www.contoso.com/images"
            ' Name of relay mail server in your domain.
            txtMailServer.Text = "smarthost" '
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub btnSubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim sTo As String, sFrom As String, sSubject As String, sBody As String
        Dim sAttach As String, sCc As String, sBcc As String, sBodyEncoding As String
        Dim sBodyFormat As String, sMailServer As String, sPriority As String
        Dim sUrlContentBase As String, sUrlContentLocation As String
        Dim iLoop1 As Integer

        sTo = Trim(txtTo.Text)
        sFrom = Trim(txtFrom.Text)
        sSubject = Trim(txtSubject.Text)
        sBody = Trim(txtBody.Text)
        sAttach = Trim(txtAttach.Text)
        sCc = Trim(txtCc.Text)
        sBcc = Trim(txtBcc.Text)
        sBodyFormat = Trim(txtBodyFormat.Text)
        sBodyEncoding = Trim(txtBodyEncoding.Text)
        sPriority = Trim(txtPriority.Text)
        sUrlContentBase = Trim(txtUrlContentBase.Text)
        sUrlContentLocation = Trim(txtUrlContentLocation.Text)
        sMailServer = Trim(txtMailServer.Text)

        Dim MyMail As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
        MyMail.From = sFrom
        MyMail.To = sTo
        MyMail.Subject = sSubject
        MyMail.Body = sBody
        MyMail.Cc = sCc
        MyMail.Bcc = sBcc
        MyMail.UrlContentBase = sUrlContentBase
        MyMail.UrlContentLocation = sUrlContentLocation

        Select Case txtBodyEncoding.Text
            Case Encoding.UTF7.EncodingName : MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF7
            Case Encoding.UTF8.EncodingName : MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8
            Case Else : MyMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.ASCII
        End Select

        Select Case UCase(sBodyFormat)
            Case "HTML" : MyMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html
            Case Else : MyMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text
        End Select

        Select Case UCase(sPriority)
            Case "HIGH" : MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.High
            Case "LOW" : MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.Low
            Case Else : MyMail.Priority = MailPriority.Normal
        End Select

        ' Build an IList of mail attachments.
        If sAttach <> "" Then
            Dim delim As Char = ","
            Dim sSubstr As String
            For Each sSubstr In sAttach.Split(delim)
                Dim myAttachment As MailAttachment = New MailAttachment(sSubstr)
                MyMail.Attachments.Add(myAttachment)
            Next
        End If

        SmtpMail.SmtpServer = sMailServer
        SmtpMail.Send(MyMail)

        lblMsg1.Text = "VB Message sent to " & MyMail.To
    End Sub

    Sub btnClear_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        lblMsg1.Text = ""
        txtTo.Text = ""
        txtFrom.Text = ""
        txtSubject.Text = ""
        txtBody.Text = ""
        txtAttach.Text = ""
        txtBcc.Text = ""
        txtCc.Text = ""
        txtBodyEncoding.Text = ""
        txtBodyFormat.Text = ""
        txtPriority.Text = ""
        txtUrlContentBase.Text = ""
        txtUrlContentLocation.Text = ""
        txtMailServer.Text = ""
        btnSubmit.Text = "Submit"
    End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
    <title>Send a new mail message:</title>
</head>
    <body>
   <h4>Send a new mail message:</h4>
   <form id="form1" method="Post" action="MailForm.aspx" runat="server">
      <table style="width:350; background-color:#FFFF99">
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>To:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtTo" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>From:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtFrom" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Subject:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtSubject" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>MessageBody:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBody" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Attachments:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtAttach" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>CC:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBcc" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BCC:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtCc" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BodyEncoding:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBodyEncoding" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>BodyFormat:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtBodyFormat" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Priority:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtPriority" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>URL Content Base:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtUrlContentBase" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>URL Content Location:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtUrlContentLocation" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td align="Right"><b>Mail Server:</b></td>
            <td><Asp:Textbox id="txtMailServer" runat="server"/></td>
         </tr>
      </table><br />

      <asp:button id="btnSubmit" Text="Submit" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" runat="server"/>
      <asp:button id="btnClear" Text="Clear" OnClick="btnClear_Click" runat="server"/>
      <p><asp:Label id="lblMsg1" runat="server"/></p>
   </form>
   </body>
</html>

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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