Emailing From a Windows Application

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John Smith

Hey folks,

I've got a C# Windows application that needs the ability to send emails. It
should behave the same way as when you click on a mailto link through a web
browser (i.e. open up the user's default mail client and start a new email).

How would I do that in a Windows C# application? It must be compatible with
Outlook 97-2003.

Thanks a lot!
 
John, take a look at the System.Web.Mail namespace. It contains all the
classes you need, and you can use them in Windows forms apps as well.

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Thx. Actually though, everything I've read states that the System.Web.Mail
Namespace can not open your default mail client and behave like the mailto
link.

I did find what I was looking for though. For all you future google
searchers:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(string.Format("mailto:{0}?Subject={1}&Body=
{2}", "(e-mail address removed)", "Me Subject", "Me Body"));

Thanks for the help though Kai.


Kai Brinkmann said:
John, take a look at the System.Web.Mail namespace. It contains all the
classes you need, and you can use them in Windows forms apps as well.

--
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John Smith said:
Hey folks,

I've got a C# Windows application that needs the ability to send emails.
It
should behave the same way as when you click on a mailto link through a
web
browser (i.e. open up the user's default mail client and start a new
email).

How would I do that in a Windows C# application? It must be compatible
with
Outlook 97-2003.

Thanks a lot!
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but just a couple of questions... I tried using
the System.Web.Mail namespace, and found it to work, but with a couple of
reservations: it only worked on a PC that had IIS (with SMTP) installed, and
setting the SmtpServer property beforehand had no effect (I was curious to
see this is a static method!?). If I stopped IIS, then the SendMail didn't
throw an exception, but the mail never got there - but it then came through
when I started the IIS server again!
Is there any pointers on how to do it operating off the SMTP server of a
remote machine running IIS?

Kai Brinkmann said:
John, take a look at the System.Web.Mail namespace. It contains all the
classes you need, and you can use them in Windows forms apps as well.

--
Kai Brinkmann [MSFT]

Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for
newsgroup purposes only.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


John Smith said:
Hey folks,

I've got a C# Windows application that needs the ability to send emails.
It
should behave the same way as when you click on a mailto link through a
web
browser (i.e. open up the user's default mail client and start a new
email).

How would I do that in a Windows C# application? It must be compatible
with
Outlook 97-2003.

Thanks a lot!
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