Sending an E-Mail with Gmail SMTP

hi friend,
try below code

using System.Web.Mail; 
.using 
System; 
public class MailSender 
{ 
    public static 
bool SendEmail( 
        string pGmailEmail,  
        string pGmailPassword,  
        string pTo,  
        string pSubject, 
       string pBody,  
        System.Web.Mail.MailFormat pFormat, 
        string pAttachmentPath) 
   { 
    try
    { 
        System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMail = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage(); 
        myMail.Fields.Add 
            ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver", 
                          "smtp.gmail.com"); 
        myMail.Fields.Add 
           ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport", 
                         "465"); 
       myMail.Fields.Add 
           ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing", 
                         "2"); 
       //sendusing: cdoSendUsingPort, value 2, for 
sending the message using  
       //the network. 
 
       //smtpauthenticate: Specifies the mechanism 
used when authenticating  
      //to an SMTP  
       //service over the network. Possible values 
are: 
        //- cdoAnonymous, value 0. Do not authenticate. 
        //- cdoBasic, value 1. Use basic clear-text 
authentication.  
       //When using this option you have to provide 
the user name and password  
       //through the sendusername and sendpassword 
fields. 
       //- cdoNTLM, value 2. The current process 
security context is used to  
       // authenticate with the service. 
       myMail.Fields.Add 
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate","1"); 
      //Use 0 for anonymous 
      myMail.Fields.Add 
      ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", 
          pGmailEmail); 
      myMail.Fields.Add 
      ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", 
          pGmailPassword); 
     myMail.Fields.Add 
     ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl", 
          "true"); 
     myMail.From = pGmailEmail; 
     myMail.To = pTo; 
     myMail.Subject = pSubject; 
      myMail.BodyFormat = pFormat; 
      myMail.Body = pBody; 
      if (pAttachmentPath.Trim() != "") 
      { 
          MailAttachment MyAttachment =  
                  new 
MailAttachment(pAttachmentPath); 
          myMail.Attachments.Add(MyAttachment); 
           myMail.Priority = 
System.Web.Mail.MailPriority.High; 
      } 
 
       System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com:465"; 
      System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(myMail); 
      return true; 
  } 
  catch (Exception ex) 
  { 
      throw; 
  } 
} 
}

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Hector Hugo Alpizar Cesena16y ago
I don't have the System.web.Mail Library. I use the System.Net.Mail. And the MailMessage Class does not have the Fields Collection Propierties. I'm doing a WindowsApplication. But thanks anyway.
Amit Choudhary16y ago
hi friend,
try below code

using System.Web.Mail;

.using System;

public class MailSender

{

    public static bool SendEmail(

        string pGmailEmail,

        string pGmailPassword,

        string pTo,

        string pSubject,

       string pBody,

        System.Web.Mail.MailFormat pFormat,

        string pAttachmentPath)

   {

    try

    {

        System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMail = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();

        myMail.Fields.Add

            ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver",

                          "smtp.gmail.com");

        myMail.Fields.Add

           ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport",

                         "465");

       myMail.Fields.Add

           ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing",

                         "2");

       //sendusing: cdoSendUsingPort, value 2, for sending the message using

       //the network.

       //smtpauthenticate: Specifies the mechanism used when authenticating

      //to an SMTP

       //service over the network. Possible values are:

        //- cdoAnonymous, value 0. Do not authenticate.

        //- cdoBasic, value 1. Use basic clear-text authentication.

       //When using this option you have to provide the user name and password

       //through the sendusername and sendpassword fields.

       //- cdoNTLM, value 2. The current process security context is used to

       // authenticate with the service.

       myMail.Fields.Add

    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate","1");

      //Use 0 for anonymous

      myMail.Fields.Add

      ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername",

          pGmailEmail);

      myMail.Fields.Add

      ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword",

          pGmailPassword);

     myMail.Fields.Add

     ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl",

          "true");

     myMail.From = pGmailEmail;

     myMail.To = pTo;

     myMail.Subject = pSubject;

      myMail.BodyFormat = pFormat;

      myMail.Body = pBody;

      if (pAttachmentPath.Trim() != "")

      {

          MailAttachment MyAttachment =

                  new MailAttachment(pAttachmentPath);

          myMail.Attachments.Add(MyAttachment);

           myMail.Priority = System.Web.Mail.MailPriority.High;

      }

       System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com:465";

      System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(myMail);

      return true;

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

      throw;

}

}

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