System.Net.Mail FAQ

• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 What is System.Net.Mail?
• 1.2 What is the .NET Framework ?
• 1.3 What do I need to send email in .NET?
• 1.4 What is a relay server?
• 1.5 What is the IIS SMTP Service?
• 1.6 Can System.Net.Mail read email?
• 2 Exploring System.Net.Mail Classes
• 2.1 MailMessage Class
• 2.2 MailAddress Class
• 2.3 Attachment Class
• 2.4 SmtpClient Class
• 2.5 AlternateView Class
• 2.6 Linked Resource
• 3 Quickstart Programming Samples
• 3.1 Working with the Body
• 3.1.1 How do I send a plain text email?
• 3.1.2 How do I send a simple Html email?
• 3.1.3 How do I create a Multi-Part mime message?
• 3.2 Working with Addresses
• 3.2.1 How do I change the FROM address to a friendly name?
• 3.2.2 How do I change the TO address to a friendly name?
• 3.2.3 How do I specify multiple recipients?
• 3.2.4 How do I create a friendly non-ascii display name?
• 3.3 Working with Headers
• 3.3.1 How do I change the email priority?
• 3.3.2 How do I add the Reply-To header to the MailMessage?
• 3.3.3 How do I request a read receipt?
• 3.3.4 How do I add custom headers to the MailMessage?
• 3.4 Working with Attachments
• 3.4.1 How do I send an email with attachments?
• 3.4.2 How do I create an attachment from a stream?
• 3.5 Accessing Config File Mail Settings Programmatically
• 4 Advanced Programming Samples
• 4.1 How do I read SMTP configuration data?
• 4.10 How do I create a log file of the SMTP session?
• 4.11 How do I encrypt messages using s/mime or pgp?
• 4.2 How do I authenticate to send an email?
• 4.3 How do I change the SMTP port number?
• 4.4 How do I embed images in an email?
• 4.5 How do I send an email over SSL?
• 4.6 How do I send email asynchronously?
• 4.7 How do I write to the Pickup directory?
• 4.8 How do I send a web page?
• 4.9 How do I send non US-ASCII emails?
• 5 Troubleshooting System.Net.Mail
• 5.1 Bccs are not so blind.
• 5.2 Cannot enable SSL with a username and password.
• 5.3 System.Net.Mail with SSL to authenticate against port 465
• 6 Additional Help