Sending Email

Edward Colins · September 19th, 2010, 01:54 PM

I have configured my web.config like this

Code:

 
<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
        <network enableSsl="true" host="smtp.gmail.com" password="mypassword" userName="[email protected]" port="587"/>
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>
</configuration>

and in the page load of the demo page i have put the following:

Code:

 MailMessage mymessage = new MailMessage();
        mymessage.Subject = "You have new msg";
        mymessage.Body = "hello from planet wrox";
        mymessage.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "hehe!");
        mymessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Reciever Name!"));
        SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
        smtp.Send(mymessage);

the email gets sent from the email configured in the web.config, isn't it supposed to be sent from the email indentified in the mymessage.from code? and when i commented the mymessage.from line, i got an error, so why do we use it if it won't appear in the email?

Imar · September 19th, 2010, 02:13 PM

Nope. The e-mail address you are referring to is "just" your user name to authenticate with the SMTP server.

But you can specify the from address in the "from" attribute as shown in the book. Once you do that, you can leave out the From from your code.

Cheers,

Imar

Edward Colins · September 19th, 2010, 02:16 PM

but when i specify the from address, the email shows the from is the email used in web.config????

Imar · September 19th, 2010, 02:55 PM

Isn't that exactly what you're after?

Imar

Edward Colins · September 19th, 2010, 03:03 PM

the email in the web.config for authenticating me to send emails am I right? so i use google smtp in order to send emails, first question can I use like hotmail smtp and use a hotmail Email to authenticate? my other question is I don't want my email which I use to authenticate to appear in the From title, then what's the point of defining a from email called [email protected] which is not going to appear in the emails? I want to authenticate using an email and showing a from address using an alias.

in web.config >> my real email address
however to show from>> alias email address.

Imar · September 19th, 2010, 03:20 PM

Have you tried the from attribute on the smtp element in the web.config and specify the address you want to show in the From field in the mail? That's what it's for. You can override that default through code by setting the From property.

Some mail servers overrule the from address, BTW. So even though you set an explicit address in the from attribute in web.config, you still end up with the e-mail address associated with the account ou're uisng.

Cheers,

Imar

Edward Colins · September 19th, 2010, 03:24 PM

yes i have tried it in the web.config also, but same result, it shows the authentication account as the from address.

Imar · September 19th, 2010, 03:38 PM

In that case, I think your SMTP server is overruling the address, probably for security reasons.

Cheers,

Imar

Edward Colins · September 19th, 2010, 04:45 PM

by smtp server you mean here smtp.gmail right? is there any other smtp I can use?

Imar · September 19th, 2010, 05:29 PM

If you have an hotmail account you can use that one as well. Alternatively, your ISP / network provider may offer one....

Imar