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Send Email with Attachment using ASP.NET 2.0 and C#
This tutorial will show you how to send a simple email message with an attachment using ASP.NET 2.0 and C#
Sending a email with an attachment using ASP.NET 2.0 and C# is actually very simple.
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First, you will need to import the System.Net.Mail namespace.
The System.Net.Mail namespace contains the SmtpClient and MailMessage Classes that we need in order to send the email and the message attachment.
We use the btnSubmit_Click event to do the work.
We then call the emailClient.Send to send the message using the variables from our ASP.NET coded page.
The txtAttachmentPath.Text Texbox provides the path to the file to attach to the email message.
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try {
MailAddress SendFrom = new MailAddress(txtFrom.Text);
MailAddress SendTo = new MailAddress(txtTo.Text);
MailMessage MyMessage = new MailMessage(SendFrom, SendTo);
MyMessage.Subject = txtSubject.Text;
MyMessage.Body = txtBody.Text;
Attachment attachFile = new Attachment(txtAttachmentPath.Text);
MyMessage.Attachments.Add(attachFile);
SmtpClient emailClient = new SmtpClient(txtSMTPServer.Text);
emailClient.Send(MyMessage);
litStatus.Text = "Message Sent";
} catch (Exception ex) {
litStatus.Text=ex.ToString(); } |
The front end .aspx page looks something like this:
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<table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> To</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtTo" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> From</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtFrom" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> SMTP Server</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtSMTPServer" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Subject</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtSubject" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Attachment</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtAttachmentPath" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Body</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtBody" runat="server" Columns="40" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">Action</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Send Email" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">Status</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="basix"><asp:Literal ID="litStatus" runat="server"></asp:Literal></td>
</tr>
</table> |
The flow for the code behind page is as follows.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Net.Mail;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
try {
MailAddress SendFrom = new MailAddress(txtFrom.Text);
MailAddress SendTo = new MailAddress(txtTo.Text);
MailMessage MyMessage = new MailMessage(SendFrom, SendTo);
MyMessage.Subject = txtSubject.Text;
MyMessage.Body = txtBody.Text;
Attachment attachFile = new Attachment(txtAttachmentPath.Text);
MyMessage.Attachments.Add(attachFile);
SmtpClient emailClient = new SmtpClient(txtSMTPServer.Text);
emailClient.Send(MyMessage);
litStatus.Text = "Message Sent"; } catch (Exception ex) {
litStatus.Text=ex.ToString(); } } |
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