SendingMails

Protected Sub btnSend_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSend.Click

'Create instance of main mail message class.
Dim mailMessage As System.Net.Mail.MailMessage = New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage()

'Configure mail mesage
'Set the From address with user input
' mailMessage.From = New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(txtFromAddress.Text.Trim())
'Get From address in web.config
mailMessage.From = New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("fromEmailAddress"))
'Another option is the "from" attirbute in the element in the web.config.

'Set additinal addresses
mailMessage.To.Add(New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(txtToAddress.Text.Trim()))
'mailMessage.CC
'mailMessage.Bcc
'mailMessage.ReplyTo

'Set additional options
mailMessage.Priority = Net.Mail.MailPriority.High
'Text/HTML
mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = False

'Set the subjet and body text
mailMessage.Subject = txtSubject.Text.Trim()
mailMessage.Body = txtBody.Text.Trim()

'Add one to many attachments
'mailMessage.Attachments.Add(New System.Net.Mail.Attachment("c:\temp.txt")

'Create an instance of the SmtpClient class for sending the email
Dim smtpClient As System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient = New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient()

'Use a Try/Catch block to trap sending errors
'Especially useful when looping through multiple sends
Try
smtpClient.Send(mailMessage)
Catch smtpExc As System.Net.Mail.SmtpException
'Log error information on which email failed.
Catch ex As Exception
'Log general errors
End Try

End Sub

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and in Web.Config

<appSettings>

    <add key="fromEmailAddress" value="YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HERE"/>

  </appSettings>





<!--Mail settings-->

  <system.net>

    <mailSettings>

      <smtp>

        <network host="YOUR HOST HERE"/>

      </smtp>

    </mailSettings>

  </system.net>

  <!--Mail settings-->