SMTP Mailing Application

Getting Started

Using this knowledge, we can quickly create a mail application in a Window Form.  First we create a Windows Form Application by going to the New->Project Menu:

Figure 2 - Creating the Windows Application in the IDE

In order to set up your application to run SmtpMail, you need to add a reference by right clicking on the namespace in the solution explorer->Add Reference.

Figure 3 - Adding a Reference to your Application from the Solution Explorer

 and then choosing System.Web.dll in the Add Reference dialog:

Figure 4 - Using the Add Reference Dialog

We also need to add the using statements in our application for the mail components:

Listing 1 - using statements for web mail

using System.Web;
using
System.Web.Mail;

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Mike Gold is President of Microgold Software Inc. and Creator of WithClass 2000 a UML Design Tool for C#. In the last few years Mike has consulted for companies such as Merrill Lynch and Chase M...

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