How to send mail in C# ?

Often a c# programmer has to write code to send e-mails. This feature is required in many scenarios such as sending a mail once a scheduled job is over or sending a mail after the daily builds are done etc. Here is a sample code that can be used to send emails using C#.

using System.Net.Mail;

namespace EmailHelper
{
    public static class EMail
    {
        public static void SendMail()
        {
            // Create mail message object
            MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
            // Add the FROM address 
            mail.From = new MailAddress("sender@mail.com");
            // Add TO address 
            mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("me@mail.com"));
            // Enter the subject     
            mail.Subject = "This is a test Mail.";
            // Enter body of email 
            mail.Body = "This is the body of the test mail.";
            // Put smtp server you will use  
            SmtpClient smtpServer = new SmtpClient("SMTP Host");
            // Send the mail
            smtpServer.Send(mail);
        }
    }
}

In the above code we make use of System.Net.Mail namespace. In the SendMail method, we first create a mail message using the MailMessage class and then send it using the SmtpClient. A SMTP server is specified which is used to send mails.

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