I wouldn't go so far as to call it crap. Things like Email are
dependent on a lot of factors, for instance, the presence of a
correctly configured mail server.
On Nov 17, 4:59 pm, stapes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to send emails using the following method:
>
> protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
> // this method of sending emails comes
> fromhttp://weblogs.asp.net/nawaf/archive/2007/12/07/sending-email-in-c-sy...
>
> //string from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> string from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> string to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> string subject = "Email from EMMA";
> string messageBody = "The quick brown fox";
> Attachment attachmnts=null ;
> SendAsync(from, to, subject, messageBody, attachmnts);
>
> }
> private delegate void SendMailMethod(SmtpClient smtpClient,
> MailMessage message);
> public static void SendAsync(string from, string to, string
> subject, string messageBody, params Attachment[] attachments)
> {
> try
> {
> Send(from, new string[] { to }, subject, messageBody,
> true,
> delegate(SmtpClient smtpClient, MailMessage message)
> { smtpClient.SendAsync(message, DateTime.Now.ToString()); },
> attachments);
> }
> catch (Exception Ex) { CIOS.Utils.MsgBox(Ex.ToString()); }
> }
> private static void Send(string from, string[] to, string subject,
> string messageBody, bool isBodyHtml, SendMailMethod sendDelegate,
> params Attachment[] attachments)
> {
>
> SmtpClient emailClient;
> try
> {
> emailClient = new SmtpClient("checkitout.co.uk");
> MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
> message.Subject = subject;
> message.Body = messageBody;
> message.Sender = new MailAddress(from);
> foreach (string address in to)
> message.To.Add(new MailAddress(address));
> message.IsBodyHtml = isBodyHtml;
> message.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
> message.SubjectEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
> //if (attachments != null)
> //{
> // foreach (Attachment attchment in attachments)
> // message.Attachments.Add(attchment);
> //}
> //emailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
> emailClient.Credentials =
> System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
>
> sendDelegate(emailClient, message);
> CIOS.Utils.MsgBox("Message Sent");
> }
> catch (Exception ex)
> {
> CIOS.Utils.MsgBox(ex.ToString());
> throw new Exception("Unable to send email");
> }
> }
>
> The whole thing appears to run OK and the system responds with
> "Message Sent". However, the message has not been sent. This is a bit
> crap. Why does it say it has worked when it hasn't?
>
> I am using Visual Studio 2005, and IIS version 5.1
>
> Any ideas how I can get this to work?
