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Sending E-mails from an ASP.NET 1.1 page

Requirement: ASP.NET 1.1 Framework


Lot of customers have been regularly asking me how to properly send e-mails from an ASP.NET application. My server requires authentication and hence people are confused about the code which has to be given. The required code is given below for your reference. You just need to copy them and paste it into your ASP.NET page. That’s it.


I’ve implemented validation controls as well so you need not have to worry about incomplete submissions. You need to sometimes manually upload aspnet_client folder if you use a remote server.


I’ve also given the required code for SMTP authentication


Please note that domainname equals your domain followed by prefix (Example: abcd.com)
************ SOURCE CODE STARTS HERE ************


<%@ Page Language=”VB” %>
<%@ Import Namespace=”System.Web.Mail” %>
<script runat=”server”>   


   Sub btnSubmit_Click(sender as object, e as EventArgs)


  Dim objEmail as New MailMessage()
  objEmail.To = “YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS”
                objEmail.From = txtFrom.Text
  objEmail.Subject = “Test Email”
  objEmail.Body = txtComments.Text & vbcrlf &vbcrlf &txtComments.Text
  objEmail.Priority = MailPriority.High
  objEmail.Fields.Add(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate“, “1”)
  objEmail.Fields.Add(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername“, “username@domainname“)
     objEmail.Fields.Add(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword“, “YOUR PASSWORD”)
     SmtpMail.SmtpServer = “mail.domainname”


  try
   SmtpMail.Send(objEmail)
   Response.Redirect(http://www.msmvps.com)
  
  catch exc as Exception
   Response.Write(“Send failure: ” + exc.ToString())
  End Try
    End Sub
</script>


<html>
 <head>
 <title>Sending E-mails with ASP.NET 1.1 Framework</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <form runat=”server”>
                <div align=”left”>
                <table border=”0″ width=”544″>
     <tr>
      <td valign=”top”><font face=”Verdana” size=”2″>Name:</font></td>
      <td height=”24″>   <asp:TextBox runat=”server” Height=”25px” Width=”370px” ID=”txtName”></asp:TextBox>
      <br>
      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID = “req1” ControlToValidate = “txtName” Runat = “server” ErrorMessage = “Please enter your name”></asp:RequiredFieldValidator></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td valign=”top”><font face=”Verdana” size=”2″>From</font></td>
      <td height=”24″> <asp:TextBox runat=”server” Height=”22px” Width=”368px” ID=”txtFrom”></asp:TextBox>
      <br>
      <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID = “reg1” ControlToValidate = “txtFrom” Runat = “server” ErrorMessage = “Invalid Email” ValidationExpression=”\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*”></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>&nbsp;<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID = “req3” ControlToValidate = “txtFrom” Runat = “server” ErrorMessage = “Please enter your E-mail” ></asp:RequiredFieldValidator></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td valign=”top”><font face=”Verdana” size=”2″>Comments:</font></td>
      <td height=”112″> <asp:TextBox runat=”server” Height=”110px” TextMode=”MultiLine” Width=”368px” ID=”txtComments”></asp:TextBox>
      <br>
      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID = “req2” ControlToValidate = “txtComments” Runat = “server” ErrorMessage = “Please enter your comments”></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
      </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan=”2″ valign=”top” height=”30″>
      <p align=”center”>



   <asp:Button Runat = server ID = btnSubmit OnClick = btnSubmit_Click Text = “Submit”></asp:Button>
      &nbsp;<input type = “reset” runat = “server” value = “Clear”></td>
     </tr>
     </table>
    </div>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <p><br>



   <!– Insert content here –>
    </p>
  </form>
 </body>
</html>


************ SOURCE CODE ENDS HERE ************


I hope the code will help you to implement email functionality through an ASP.NET page. You need not have to worry about SPAMS as users will never know to which email they are sending e-mail.

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