Web Pages Email
ASP.NET Web Pages - WebMail Helper
WebMail Helper - One of many useful ASP.NET Web Helpers.
WebMail Helper
The WebMail Helper makes it easier to send emails from web applications according to SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
Prerequisite: Email Support
To demonstrate how to use email, we will create an input page that lets the user submit a page to another page and send an email about support Question email.
First: Edit your AppStart page
If you have created the Demo application in this tutorial, then you already have a page named _AppStart.cshtml, The content is as follows:
_AppStart.cshtml
WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("Users", "UserProfile", "UserId", "Email", true);
}
To start the WebMail helper, add the following WebMail attribute to your AppStart page:
_AppStart.cshtml
WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("Users", "UserProfile", "UserId", "Email", true);
WebMail.SmtpServer = "smtp.example.com";
WebMail.SmtpPort = 25;
WebMail.EnableSsl = false;
WebMail.UserName = "support@example.com";
WebMail.Password = "password-goes-here";
WebMail.From = "john@example.com";
}
Attribute explanation:
SmtpServer: The name of the SMTP server used to send emails.
SmtpPort: The port used by the server to send SMTP transactions (email).
EnableSsl: Value is true if the server uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption.
UserName: The name of the SMTP email account used to send emails.
Password: Password for the SMTP email account.
From: The email that appears in the From address field (usually the same as UserName).
Second: Create an email input page
Then create an input page and name it Email_Input:
Email_Input.cshtml
<html>
<body>
<h1>Request for Assistance</h1>
<form method="post" action="EmailSend.cshtml">
<label>Username:</label>
<input type= "text name="customerEmail" />
<label>Details about the problem:</label>
<textarea name="customerRequest" cols="45" rows="4"></textarea>
<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Input page The purpose is to collect the information and then submit the data to a new page where the information can be sent as an email.
Third: Create an email sending page
Then create a page for sending emails and name it Email_Send:
Email_Send.cshtml
var customerEmail = Request["customerEmail"];
var customerRequest = Request["customerRequest"];
try
{
// Send email
WebMail.Send(to:"someone@example.com", subject: "Help request from - " + customerEmail, body: customerRequest );
}
catch (Exception ex )
{
<text>@ex</text>
}
}
think To learn more about sending email from ASP.NET Web Pages applications, see the WebMail Object Reference Manual.
