Sending an Email from C#

[kieth]

hi,

i am trying to add the functionality into my code to send an email.

this is my code snippet.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net.Mail;
 
 
namespace logchecktest1
{
    class Program
    {
 
        private void SendMail()
        {
            MailMessage MyMail = new MailMessage();
            SmtpClient server = new SmtpClient("localhost");   // from server
 
 
 
            MyMail.From = new MailAddress("[e-mail]");
            MyMail.To = new MailAddress("[e-mail]");
            MyMail.Subject = "arerror log";
            MyMail.Body = "errors found in arerror log - go check -(@'C:\\Documents and Settings\\kwareham01\\Desktop\\test.txt')";
 
            server.Send(MyMail);
 
        }

however, the MyMail.To = new throws up the errors :
cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Net.Mail.MailAddress' to 'System.Net.MailAddressCollection' &
Property or indexer 'System.Net.Mail.MailMessage.To' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only

if i take out the 'To' and have just MyMail. = new ...
i get just the 1 error - 'identifier expected'

any help would be appreciated

thanks

[balabaster]

Disclaimer: I haven't coded this in Visual Studio, nor have I tried to compile it, I'm working purely off the exception you've provided, so this may not work, but should point you in the right direction.

MyMail.To is expecting a MailAddressCollection, not a single MailAddress and you are providing a MailAddress instead of a MailAddressCollection. What you need to do is create the collection and add the mail address to that collection before assigning it to MyMail.To.

Things you need to check are:

Is MyMail.To already set up as a MailAddressCollection, in which case, can you just add the mail address using MyMail.To.Add(new MailAddress("recipName")); or do you need to new up the collection.

My assumption is that it is not already initialized and as such you would need to use the following approach:

MailAddressCollection recips = new MailAddressCollection();
recips.Add(new MailAddress("[e-mail]"));
MyMail.To = recips;

Like I said, this may not work in its current form, I haven't used Visual Studio, nor have I attempted to compile this - it's just a hint that should get you thinking about the relationship between the exception you're getting and the approach you need to take to solve your problem. A good rule of thumb is that the exception usually provides a clue as to what you're doing wrong.

[kieth]

@balabaster
brilliant,

thank you, i'll have a play about and see if i can get it running.

thanks again!

[balabaster]

@kieth
No worries. If you get stuck, give us a another shout.