Sending An E-Mail Using ASP.NET MVC

 In this post we will discuss about how mail is sent from ASP.NET MVC application.

MailController.cs :-

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Net;

using System.Net.Mail;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace SendMail.Controllers

{

    public class MailController : Controller

    {

        public ActionResult Index()

        {

            return View();

        }

        public ActionResult SendMail()

        {

            string to_email = "EmailId of the one to whom the mail is to be sent";

            

            var from_email = "EmailId of the one who will send the mail";

            var subject = "Testing email sending functionality";

            var body = "This is a body of testing email functionality";

            MailMessage message = new MailMessage();

            SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();

            message.From = new MailAddress(from_email);

            message.To.Add(new MailAddress(to_email));

            message.Subject = subject;

            message.IsBodyHtml = true; //to make message body as html  

            message.Body = body;

            smtp.Port = 587;

            smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

            smtp.EnableSsl = true;

            smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

            smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("EmailId of the one who will send the mail", "password of the one who will send the mail");

            smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;

            ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (o, c, ch, er) => true;

            smtp.Send(message);

            return View("Index");

        }

    }

}

Note: Enable "Less Secure Apps" for the email-id from which you want to send the mail. follow below link - https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps