Sending mail through GMail SMTP server

Trent L. Taylor — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:58:43 GMT

If you ever have the need to send mail through a GMail account, this sample may save you a few minutes. It isn't hard, but there are a few differences which require SSL and authentication.

[codesnippet]//-- Establish Locals
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com ", 587);
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage("reply@somewhere.com", "to@somewhere.com");

//-- Set the subject line
msg.Subject = "Hello World";

//-- Set the body (Plain text in this sample)
msg.Body = "Here is the body of the message.";

//-- Attach the file if necessary
msg.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(pathAndFileName));

smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("myemail@gmail.com", "mypassword");

//-- Send the message
smtp.Send(msg);[/codesnippet]

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