Namespaces
The following Namespaces need to be imported in order to send emails
Imports System.Net.Mail
Imports System.Net
MailMessage Class Properties
Following are the required properties of the mail message class.
From – Sender’s email address
To – Recipient(s) Email Address
CC – Carbon Copies
BCC – Blind Carbon Copies
Subject – Subject of the Email
Body – Body of the Email
IsBodyHtml – Specify whether body contains text or HTML mark up.
Attachments – Attachments if Any.
ReplyTo – ReplyTo Email address.
Creating a MailMessage Object
Dim mm As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
mm.From = New MailAddress("sender@gmail.com")
mm.Subject = "Hello"
mm.Body = "<p>This is Body of the Email</p>"
mm.IsBodyHtml = True
mm.To.Add(New MailAddress("recepient@gmail.com"))
SMTP Class Properties
Following are the properties of the SMTP class.
Host – Your SMTP Server
EnableSsl – Specify whether you host accepts SSL Connections.
UseDefaultCredentials – Set to True inorder to allow authentication based on the Credentials of the Account used to send emails
Credentials – Valid login credentials for the SMTP server
Port – Port Number of the SMTP server
Below code describes how the above properties are applied
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp.EnableSsl = True
Dim NetworkCred As NetworkCredential = New System.Net.NetworkCredential()
NetworkCred.UserName = "username@gmail.com"
NetworkCred.Password = "xxxxxxxxx"
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = True
smtp.Credentials = NetworkCred
smtp.Port = 587
Send Email
The method Smtp.Send(..) is used to send the email. See the example below
You can download the complete source here.
EmailUsingVB.zip (2.87 kb)