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Send Mail / Contact Form using ASP.NET and C#

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23 Apr 2012CPOL 2.3M   40.5K   34   103
this is the send mail or contact form in asp.net c#

Introduction

For sending mail through ASP.NET and C# website:

Image 1

Background

This code is tested and running well on gmail account.

Using the code

HTML

The code below defines the HTML code of the control:

XML
<%this is the client side code for the design and display%>
<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" DefaultButton="btnSubmit">
    <p>
        Please Fill the Following to Send Mail.</p>
    <p>
        Your name:
        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator11" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*"
            ControlToValidate="YourName" ValidationGroup="save" /><br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="YourName" runat="server" Width="250px" /><br />
        Your email address:
        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*"
            ControlToValidate="YourEmail" ValidationGroup="save" /><br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="YourEmail" runat="server" Width="250px" />
        <asp:RegularExpressionValidator runat="server" ID="RegularExpressionValidator23"
            SetFocusOnError="true" Text="Example: username@gmail.com" ControlToValidate="YourEmail"
            ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*" Display="Dynamic"
            ValidationGroup="save" /><br />
        Subject:
        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*"
            ControlToValidate="YourSubject" ValidationGroup="save" /><br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="YourSubject" runat="server" Width="400px" /><br />
        Your Question:
        <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*"
            ControlToValidate="Comments" ValidationGroup="save" /><br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="Comments" runat="server" 
                TextMode="MultiLine" Rows="10" Width="400px" />
    </p>
    <p>
        <asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Send" 
                    OnClick="Button1_Click" ValidationGroup="save" />
    </p>
</asp:Panel>
<p>
    <asp:Label ID="DisplayMessage" runat="server" Visible="false" />
</p>  

The server side code:

C#
protected void SendMail()
{
    // Gmail Address from where you send the mail
    var fromAddress = "Gmail@gmail.com";
    // any address where the email will be sending
    var toAddress = YourEmail.Text.ToString(); 
    //Password of your gmail address
    const string fromPassword = "Password";
     // Passing the values and make a email formate to display
    string subject = YourSubject.Text.ToString();
    string body = "From: " + YourName.Text + "\n";
    body += "Email: " + YourEmail.Text + "\n";
    body += "Subject: " + YourSubject.Text + "\n";
    body += "Question: \n" + Comments.Text + "\n";
    // smtp settings
    var smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
    {
        smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
        smtp.Port = 587;
        smtp.EnableSsl = true;
        smtp.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromAddress, fromPassword);
        smtp.Timeout = 20000;
    }
    // Passing values to smtp object
    smtp.Send(fromAddress, toAddress, subject, body);
}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        //here on button click what will done 
        SendMail();
        DisplayMessage.Text = "Your Comments after sending the mail";
        DisplayMessage.Visible = true;
        YourSubject.Text = "";
        YourEmail.Text = "";
        YourName.Text = "";
        Comments.Text = "";
    }
    catch (Exception) { }
}

The above code has the validation checks also.

This code is based on the 3.5 framework and also works in the 4.0 framework.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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