Sending Email with System.Net.Mail

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I switched from System.Web.Mail to System.Net.Mail, however I am now
reconsidering that move because if I send an email to an email address in the
form jo******@yahoo.com, I receive an error message "The specified string is
not in the form required for an e-mail address". I have conducted further
testing and evidently the SmtpClient class Send method does not like the
period "." between the "john" and "doe". If I conduct a test with an email
address in the form jd**@yahoo.com...everything works fine.

This is a showstopper for me... if I am using System.Net.Mail to inform
e-commerce customers of post-purchase activity. I can never predict when I
may encounter a non-conforming email address.

Does anyone know whether a fix is available to System.Net.Mail ???

Philip

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Philip

[David Wier]

What is your syntax for providing the email address?
It's not the same syntax as it was in the older version

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"Philip" <ph****@softwareforever.comwrote in message
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>I switched from System.Web.Mail to System.Net.Mail, however I am now
reconsidering that move because if I send an email to an email address in
the
form jo******@yahoo.com, I receive an error message "The specified string
is
not in the form required for an e-mail address". I have conducted further
testing and evidently the SmtpClient class Send method does not like the
period "." between the "john" and "doe". If I conduct a test with an
email
address in the form jd**@yahoo.com...everything works fine.

This is a showstopper for me... if I am using System.Net.Mail to inform
e-commerce customers of post-purchase activity. I can never predict when I
may encounter a non-conforming email address.

Does anyone know whether a fix is available to System.Net.Mail ???

Philip

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Philip

[Mark Rae]

"Philip" <ph****@softwareforever.comwrote in message
news:0E**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I switched from System.Web.Mail to System.Net.Mail, however I am now
reconsidering that move because if I send an email to an email address in
the
form jo******@yahoo.com, I receive an error message "The specified string
is
not in the form required for an e-mail address". I have conducted further
testing and evidently the SmtpClient class Send method does not like the
period "." between the "john" and "doe". If I conduct a test with an
email
address in the form jd**@yahoo.com...everything works fine.

Hmm - please provide the code you are using...
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[Juan T. Llibre]

The MailMessage format changed a bit :

Dim FromAddress As String = "so*****@somewhere.com"
Dim ToAddress As String = "so**********@somewhereelse.com"
Dim mail As New MailMessage(FromAddress, ToAddress)

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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"Philip" <ph****@softwareforever.comwrote in message
news:0E**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I switched from System.Web.Mail to System.Net.Mail, however I am now
reconsidering that move because if I send an email to an email address in the
form jo******@yahoo.com, I receive an error message "The specified string is
not in the form required for an e-mail address". I have conducted further
testing and evidently the SmtpClient class Send method does not like the
period "." between the "john" and "doe". If I conduct a test with an email
address in the form jd**@yahoo.com...everything works fine.

This is a showstopper for me... if I am using System.Net.Mail to inform
e-commerce customers of post-purchase activity. I can never predict when I
may encounter a non-conforming email address.

Does anyone know whether a fix is available to System.Net.Mail ???

Philip

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Philip