MailMessage.Send

[Stuart Ferguson]

Just a quick question on the MailMessage class' Send function.

Does this function wait on the SMTP server actually sending the message
or does it just pass it onto the mail server and leavie it there ?

Stuart

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[Landi]

From my experiences, Send will wait on SMTP server.

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Just a quick question on the MailMessage class' Send function.

Does this function wait on the SMTP server actually sending the message
or does it just pass it onto the mail server and leavie it there ?

Stuart

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[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

I think it depends of the configuration of the server. Send just return
when it complete the SMTP "conversation"

Cheers,

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Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Stuart Ferguson" <st**************@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Just a quick question on the MailMessage class' Send function.

Does this function wait on the SMTP server actually sending the message
or does it just pass it onto the mail server and leavie it there ?

Stuart

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[Stuart Ferguson]

U mean wait until the message is sent ?
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[Landi]

You are correct. Send will only return when it has gotten a SUCCESS or
FAILURE.
The message will not be put on a queue somewhere. Although you can make your
application to put them in a queue.

-Landi

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U mean wait until the message is sent ?
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[Stuart Ferguson]

How would i go about that as i need the message only to be queued not
wait until the message goes ?
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[Landi]

Stuart,
The only thing that I would suggest doing is to put the Send part into a
thread and in that thread do retries or put it in an error log or file
somewhere where you can later go and retry them. Or you can implement your
own queue. If you use localhost (IIS SMTP server) as your SMTP server then I
think that that will insert errors into the error folder under mail. There
is also a queue folder in there but I don't know much about IIS and its SMTP
server and how that works. Maybe someone know a little more about this.

--Landi

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How would i go about that as i need the message only to be queued not
wait until the message goes ?
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