I am planning to allow users to send mail messages via my application and was wondering what you use?

something like this perhaps



Dim mail As New MailMessage()

Dim smtp As New SmtpClient(Me.txtSMTPServer.Text)



' form the email, catch errors and report

Try

mail.IsBodyHtml = True



'set the addresses

mail.From = New MailAddress("SDSILogtool@sigmadatainc.com", "SDSI Logtool Utility")

mail.To.Add(Me.txtEmailAddress.Text)



'set the content

mail.Subject = "Backup Report - " & Me.txtCompanyName.Text & " " & Me.txtCurrentLogDate.Text

mail.Body = emailbody



'to authenticate we set the username and password properites on the SmtpClient

smtp.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential(Me.txtSMTPUsername.Text, Me.txtSMPTPassword.Text)

Catch ex As System.Exception

MsgBox("Error forming email. " & ex.Message.ToString)

End Try



'send, catch errors and report

Try

smtp.Send(mail)

Catch ex As System.Exception

MsgBox("Error sending email, check SMTP settings, or contact your administrator." & ex.Message.ToString)

End Try

Keith Chisarik

Good job, guys.  Don't forget that you can also make the body of an email HTML by setting the IsBodyHtml property after you set the Body property on the message.  It allows you to include formatting and such.