ASPNET 2.0: Sending mail in HTML

[Jim in Arizona]

Now that I've figured out how to send mail within our domain:

Dim test as new System.Net.Mail .SmtpClient
Dim nco as New
System.Net.Netw orkCredential(" mailaccount","p assword","domai n")
test.Credential s = nco
test.Host = "mailserver "
test.Send("ma** *******@domain. local","to***** @domain.local", "Subject","Mess age")

I am wondering how I could send mail in HTML format, or any other format
other than plain ol' text. If I try something like this:

Dim testtext as String = "<p style=""font-size:18pt"">Tes ting</p>"
test.Send("ma** *******@domain. local","to***** @domain.local", "Subject",testt ext)

The message body will end up being <p style="font-size:18pt">Test ing</p>

How can I fix this so I can send visually appealing messages?

Thanks,
Jim

[Paul Henderson]

> I am wondering how I could send mail in HTML format, or any other format

other than plain ol' text. If I try something like this:
Dim testtext as String = "<p style=""font-size:18pt"">Tes ting</p>"
test.Send("mail acco...@domain. local","toac... @domain.local", "Subject",testt ext)
The message body will end up being <p style="font-size:18pt">Test ing</p>
How can I fix this so I can send visually appealing messages?

You can use the System.Net.Mail .MailMessage class to construct a
message object, which can then be sent through an overload of
SmtpClient.Send . The MailMessage object has a four-parameter overloaded
constructor matching that for SmtpClient (i.e. To, From, Subject,
Body), but you can also manipulate the Body directly, and set
BodyIsHtml to be true to have the correct Content-Type set for the
message.

[Jim in Arizona]

Paul Henderson wrote:

I am wondering how I could send mail in HTML format, or any other format
other than plain ol' text. If I try something like this:
Dim testtext as String = "<p style=""font-size:18pt"">Tes ting</p>"
test.Send("mail acco...@domain. local","toac... @domain.local", "Subject",testt ext)
The message body will end up being <p style="font-size:18pt">Test ing</p>
How can I fix this so I can send visually appealing messages?

You can use the System.Net.Mail .MailMessage class to construct a
message object, which can then be sent through an overload of
SmtpClient.Send . The MailMessage object has a four-parameter overloaded
constructor matching that for SmtpClient (i.e. To, From, Subject,
Body), but you can also manipulate the Body directly, and set
BodyIsHtml to be true to have the correct Content-Type set for the
message.

I couldn't quite figure out the code on this. I tried several things,
but still don't get any HTML. Here's what I ended up with that doesn't work.

Dim bodytest As New System.Net.Mail .MailMessage
bodytest.Body = "<p style=""font-size:20pt;"">Te st</p>"
bodytest.IsBody Html = True

Dim test As New System.Net.Mail .SmtpClient
Dim nco As New System.Net.Netw orkCredential(" useraccount", "password",
"domain")
test.Credential s = nco
test.Host = "mailserver "
test.Send("us** *******@hhs.loc al", "jm*******@doma in.local", "Test
Subject", bodytest.Body)
the send method of the Net.Mail.SmtpCl ient has two overloads, that I'm
aware of:

Send(string from, string recipients, string subject, string body)
And
Send(System.Net .Mail.MailMessa ge message)

If I just try:
test.Send(bodyt est)
An exception is thrown saying there is no "To" address specified.

I don't know how I would use the mail.mailmessag e within the Send(string
from, string recipients, string subject, string body). I i use it the
way I have in my code above, it shows the HTML instead of rendering it
properly.

[Paul Henderson]

> I don't know how I would use the mail.mailmessag e within the Send(string

from, string recipients, string subject, string body). I i use it the
way I have in my code above, it shows the HTML instead of rendering it
properly.

Sorry, some rather bad explanation there by me ;-).

Try:

Dim bodytest As New
System.Net.Mail .MailMessage("u s*********@hhs. local",
"jm*******@doma in.local", "Test Subject", "<p
style=""font-size:20pt;"">Te st</p>")
bodytest.IsBody Html = True

Dim test As New System.Net.Mail .SmtpClient
Dim nco As New System.Net.Netw orkCredential(" useraccount", "password",
"domain")
test.Credential s = nco
test.Host = "mailserver "
test.Send(bodyt est)

[Jim in Arizona]

Paul Henderson wrote:

I don't know how I would use the mail.mailmessag e within the Send(string
from, string recipients, string subject, string body). I i use it the
way I have in my code above, it shows the HTML instead of rendering it
properly.

Sorry, some rather bad explanation there by me ;-).

Try:

Dim bodytest As New
System.Net.Mail .MailMessage("u s*********@hhs. local",
"jm*******@doma in.local", "Test Subject", "<p
style=""font-size:20pt;"">Te st</p>")
bodytest.IsBody Html = True

Dim test As New System.Net.Mail .SmtpClient
Dim nco As New System.Net.Netw orkCredential(" useraccount", "password",
"domain")
test.Credential s = nco
test.Host = "mailserver "
test.Send(bodyt est)

Perfect Paul. Thanks again for your persistent help! This mail stuff
will greatly improve the help desk ticket system I made up a while back.

Jim