Application #75. Send Mail

Whether you are using it to send an administrative alert or an action confirmation to a user, e-mail has become an important facet of most applications. The Framework makes sending e-mail to a Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server very easy by wrapping up all e-mail functionality in a couple simple classes.

Building Upon...

Application #3: String Manipulation

Application #30: Use Common Dialog Boxes

Application #64: Interact with Services

Application #72: Configuration Settings

New Concepts

The System.Web.Mail namespace contains three classes that can be used to create and send e-mail messages to an SMTP server. The SmtpMail class exposes a shared property named SmtpServer that you use to specify the host ...

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