MailDefinition::From Property

 

Gets or sets the e-mail address of the message sender.

Namespace:   System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
property String^ From {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The e-mail address of the message sender. The default is Empty.

The From property contains the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail message. If the From property is left blank, or contains an improperly formed e-mail address, the SmtpClient::Send method throws an HttpException exception and the e-mail message is not sent.

The following code example sets the From property to the text entered in a TextBox control on a Web Forms page.

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MailDefinition class.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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