Form Email Using C#

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November 17th, 2009, 08:06 AM

igendreau

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ASP.Net/C# - Form Email Using C#

Total .NET newbie here. I've done a decent amount of old ASP in the past, so forgive my ignorance.

I have a site being hosted on GoDaddy. They have informed me that I need to use CDOSYS instead of CDONTS to process a from into an email. However, none of the codes I've found on the web work, so I thought I would actually try giving the code the GoDaddy support team sent me.

Not knowing C#, I have taken the code, wrapped it in <% %>, dropped it on a page, and saved it with an aspx extension, but I get the following syntax error for line 2:

Line 1: <%
Line 2: // language -- C#
Line 3: // import namespace using System.Web.Mail;

Two questions:
1. How do I fix the code (included below) so it works?
2. How do I add code to pick up fields from my form (like phone number) to include in the email?
Thanks!

Code:

<%
// language -- C#
// import namespace using System.Web.Mail;

private void SendEmail()
{
   const string SERVER = "relay-hosting.secureserver.net";
   MailMessage oMail = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
   oMail.From = "info@buxmonttorch.com";
   oMail.To = "ian_gendreau@hermanmiller.com";
   oMail.Subject = "Test email subject";
   oMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html; // enumeration
   oMail.Priority = MailPriority.High; // enumeration
   oMail.Body = "Sent at: " + DateTime.Now;
   SmtpMail.SmtpServer = SERVER;
   SmtpMail.Send(oMail); 
   oMail = null; // free up resources
} 
%>

November 18th, 2009, 01:40 AM

kboek

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Including server side code in ASP.NET works different than in ASP. I'd seriously recommend that you learn ASP.NET before starting to use it for real, because in my opinion you can't just jump from ASP to ASP.NET assuming it's almost the same thing.

Have a look at the .Net Tutorials and Code Samples.

As for your specific question: include the code in < script runat="server" > tags to make it work. And if you're using .NET 2.0 and higher, use System.Net.Mail rather than System.Web.Mail.

html Code:

Original - html Code
<script runat="server"> protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // send your e-mail here } </script> <body> <form runat="server"> Enter the recipients e-mail address: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" /> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Send" /> </form> </body>


<script runat="server">
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  // send your e-mail here
}
</script>
<body>
  <form runat="server">
    Enter the recipients e-mail address:
    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" />
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Send" />
  </form>
</body>

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