Send mail using .NET 2.0

Sending e-mail through scripts under the .NET 2.0 framework is different to the 1.1 framework as System.Web.Mail has now been replaced by System.Net.Mail with an entirely different set of properties / methods.

Below is a simple script to send an e-mail using the DotNetted mailserver and authentication under .NET 2.0 :

<%@ Import Namespace = "System.Net.Mail" %>

<%

' Create a new MailMessage object and specify the "From" and "To" addresses
Dim Email As New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage("you@yourdomain.co.uk", "whoever@therecipient.co.uk")

' Set Mail subject and body text
Email.Subject = "Enter your mail subject here"
Email.Body = "Enter your body text here"

' Create SmtpClient object
Dim mailClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient()

' Create object to store authentication username and password
Dim basicAuthenticationInfo As New System.Net.NetworkCredential("you@yourdomain.co.uk", "*password_for_that_mailbox*")

' Set mail server address
mailClient.Host = "smtp.dotnetted.co.uk"

' Do not use default security credentials
mailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = False

' Do use those specified above
mailClient.Credentials = basicAuthenticationInfo

' Send e-mail
mailClient.Send(Email)

%>

That's it - you just need to substitute your to, from, username and password values and you should be able to copy this script to your account and send your first e-mail.

Please Note : as we use authentication the 'mail.From' e-mail address must be a live user on our mailserver matching the address used for the username (this must be an actual username and not an Alias).