Step 1: Create a new project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (File -> New -> Project -> Visual C# -> Console Application). Give Email_Sender name and also specify the location where to store the project.
Step 2: Now add a new item to the project we just created (Project -> Add New Item -> Class). Specify a name to the class as ‘TNV_EmailHelper’. The code now looks like as follows. The namespace used is using System.Net.Mail;
{ private SmtpClient _sClient = new SmtpClient(); private System.Net.NetworkCredential _smtpCreds = null; private string _sendTo; private string _sendFrom; private string _subject; private string _body; //Constructor //change Host& Port names Based on SMTP server public TNV_EmailHelper(string host, int port) { _sClient.Host = host; _sClient.Port = port; } public void SendEmail(string sendFrom, // From EmailAddress string password, // Password string sendTo, // To Email Address string subject, // Subject of email string body) // Boady of email { try { _sendFrom = sendFrom; _sendTo = sendTo; _subject = subject; _body = body; _smtpCreds = new System.Net.NetworkCredential( sendFrom, password); _sClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false; _sClient.Credentials = _smtpCreds; _sClient.EnableSsl = true; MailMessage msg = BuildMessage(); _sClient.Send(msg); } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; } } private MailMessage BuildMessage() { MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(); MailAddress to = new MailAddress(_sendTo); MailAddress from = new MailAddress(_sendFrom); msg.Subject = _subject; msg.Body = _body; msg.From = from; msg.To.Add(to); return msg; } }
Step 3: Open Program.cs and in Main write the following lines to send the email
Program.cs
class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { TNV_EmailHelper em = new TNV_EmailHelper( "Smtp.gmail.com", 587); em.SendEmail("from@gmail.com", "password", "to@gmail.com", "SUB: From Email Sender", "BODY: Hello World !"); } }
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