C# code to send mail using smtp from gmail,yahoo mail and live mail

Introduction:

In my previous article I have explained about  How to bind/Unbind events in jQuery. In this article I am going to explain about how to send mail from ASP.Net using gmail,yahoomail and live mail credentials.

Explanation:

First Include the below namespaces in your code behind file.

using System;

using System.Net;

using System.Net.Mail;

The System.Net namespace provides a simple programming interface for many of the protocols used on networks

The System.Net.Mail namespace contains classes used to send electronic mail to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for delivery

Below is the code to send the mail using your gmail credentials

public void SendMail(string fromMailId,string fromMailPassword,string toMailId,string subject,string body)

{

    try

    {

        NetworkCredential myCredentials = new NetworkCredential(fromMailId,    fromMailPassword);

        MailMessage mailmsg = new MailMessage();

        mailmsg.To.Add(toMailId);

        mailmsg.From = new MailAddress(fromMailId);

        mailmsg.Subject = subject;

        mailmsg.Body = body;

        SmtpClient objclient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 25);

        objclient.EnableSsl = true;

        objclient.Credentials = myCredentials;

        objclient.Send(mailmsg);

    }

    catch (Exception ex)

    {

        Response.Write(ex.Message);

    }

}

To call the above method

SendMail("yourmailid@gmail.com", "password", "tomail@domain.com", "your subject", "your message");

Other options:

To add CC:

mailmsg.CC.Add("ccmail@domain.com");

To add BCC:

mailmsg.Bcc.Add("bccmail@domain.com");

If the message is in html format then set IsBodyHtml to true.

mailmsg.IsBodyHtml = true;

To send the attachments

string file = "attachment.pdf";

Attachment data = new Attachment(file);

mailmsg.Attachments.Add(data);

You can add multiple email ids separated by comma( , ).

To send mail using yahoo account change the hostname and Enablessl property as below.

SmtpClient objclient = new SmtpClient("smtp.mail.yahoo.com", 25);

objclient.EnableSsl = false;

To send mail using Live mail account

SmtpClient objclient = new SmtpClient("smtp.live.com", 25);

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