email from within .Net

[Sparky]

Hi

Does anyone know of any way to send an email from an application without
using the SMTP class (which relies on a mail server)? In VB6 we could use
the MAPI component which would use the default MAPI client (Outlook, Outlook
Express, or whatever). Must also be able to add attachments.

Cheers

Sparky

 

[Branimir Giurov]

You can do the same here -
"IF" you want to -
just add a reference to the appropriate library.
If you're using Office XP, you'll need the PIA (Primary Interop Assemblies)
for XP.
Otherwise, you can use Visual Tools for Office 2003, which is an add-on the
VS .NET 2003 IDE.

Cheers,
Branimir

 

[Marc Bernard]

Hi

Does anyone know of any way to send an email from an application without
using the SMTP class (which relies on a mail server)? In VB6 we could use
the MAPI component which would use the default MAPI client (Outlook, Outlook
Express, or whatever). Must also be able to add attachments.

Try this:

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/simplemapidotnet.asp?target=mapi

Marc