Here is an example on how to send HTML email from your ASP.NET page using your Google account.
(This setup can be easily used to send messages via any other SMTP server that requires authentication).
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Net;
public class Gmail
{
/// <summary>
/// Sends the mail.
/// </summary>
public string SendMail(string toEmail, string subject, string body)
{
string returnMsg = string.Empty;
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
client.Port = 587;
// setup Smtp authentication
NetworkCredential credentials =
new NetworkCredential("your_account@gmail.com",
"yourpassword");
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = credentials;
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
msg.From = new MailAddress("your_account@gmail.com");
msg.To.Add(new MailAddress(toEmail));
msg.Subject = subject;
msg.IsBodyHtml = true;
msg.Body = string.Format(body);
try {
client.Send(msg);
returnMsg = "Message has been successfully sent.";
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
returnMsg = "Error occured while sending message."
+ ex.Message;
}
return returnMsg;
}
}