ASP.NET Email From Name (non-email address)

[magister]

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[ilPostino]

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[ilPostino]

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[magister]

I did try

msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

&

msgMail.From = "Some Name (someemail)";

no go, would the mx settings in microsoft exchange
override these coded setting??

Thanks,
Matt
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message news:<O4*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[magister]

I did try

msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

&

msgMail.From = "Some Name (someemail)";

no go, would the mx settings in microsoft exchange
override these coded setting??

Thanks,
Matt
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message news:<O4*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[Klaus H. Probst]

The Exchange SMTP service can be configured to block outgoing email from
addresses it does not recognize, but I've never encountered this.

The canonical format is 'John Doe <jo*****@somedomain.com>'
--
____________________
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0*************************@posting.google.co m...

I did try

msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

&

msgMail.From = "Some Name (someemail)";

no go, would the mx settings in microsoft exchange
override these coded setting??

Thanks,
Matt
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message

news:<O4*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????

[Klaus H. Probst]

The Exchange SMTP service can be configured to block outgoing email from
addresses it does not recognize, but I've never encountered this.

The canonical format is 'John Doe <jo*****@somedomain.com>'
--
____________________
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0*************************@posting.google.co m...

I did try

msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

&

msgMail.From = "Some Name (someemail)";

no go, would the mx settings in microsoft exchange
override these coded setting??

Thanks,
Matt
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message

news:<O4*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

The format is : Display Name <email address>

so msgMail.From = "Some Name <someemail>";

Craig
--
http://www.typemismatch.com/
(For Developers!)

"magister" <MB*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a0**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi I am sending emails from my website. The from field usually is an
email address, but alot of email readers also seem to be able to
pickup a "from real name". I read somewhere that I can set this by
putting the name followed by the actual email address in
parathesis....like this...

MailMessage msgMail = new MailMessage();
msgMail.To = EmailAddress.Text;
msgMail.From = "funny email Website" + "(we*****@funny.net)";
msgMail.Subject = "Your Document";
msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;
msgMail.Body = " ";
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1";
SmtpMail.Send(msgMail);

However this doesn't seem to work for me. I am sending to an email
address in the same domain....I just get from "Website"

Any ideas, I seem to remember that CDONTS had support for a FromName,
why don't we have this in .net????