Chapter 23. Configuring ASP.NET for Email
IN THIS CHAPTER
Modifying the Configuration File for Email
How ASP.NET Sends Mail
One of the most common uses of forms in a website is to send email. Sending email from a website used to be a complex and difficult task, but as with so many other tasks that used to be complex, ASP.NET makes sending email easy.
In this chapter you’ll see two different classes from the .NET Framework used to send email with ASP.NET; the System.Net.SmtpClient class and the System.Net.MailMessage class.
The System.Net.SmtpClient Class
The SmtpClient class facilitates the sending of email with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol or SMTP. The SmtpClient class is used to connect your ASP.NET application ...
Get The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
