Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

11.7. Send E-mail Using SMTP

Problem

You need to send e-mail using an SMTP server.

Solution

Use the SmtpClient and MailMessage classes in the System.Net.Mail namespace.

How It Works

An instance of the SmtpClient class provides the mechanism through which you communicate with the SMTP server. You configure the SmtpClient using the properties described in Table 11-3.

Table 11.3. Properties of the SmtpClient Class

Property	Description
ClientCertificates	Gets a System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509CertificatesCollection to which you add the certificates to use for communicating with the SMTP server (if required).
Credentials	Gets or sets an implementation of the System.Net.ICredentialsByHost interface that represents the credentials to use ...