Error reporting with SmtpMail.Send()

[Guest]

I want to add guaranteed delivery (or at least guarantee sent) to some code
using SmtpMail.Send(). The method is void. Does Send() throw exceptions if
it cannot connect to the Smtp server or has some other error?

I could then store the message on an MSMQ and retry later. What do you
think of this design?

 

[Dave Sexton]

Hi,

Mail certainly isn't guaranteed delivery, even if Send returns without an
error.

If you have the ability to use MSMQ immediately, that might be a better
approach.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

SmtpMail.Send() will throw exception if having problems in connecting to the
mail server/ having problems in sending the mail... To find out the exception
types, check http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9b46af9f.aspx -
Exceptions.

So, if there is an exception, you should store it somewhere and resend it
later.

Cheers,
Chester

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info. this is just what I needed.