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Monday, March 26, 2012

Html formatted email

Can anyone advise me on how to amend the following code to send Html formatted emails? It works perfectly in normal text format - I am a novice programmer.

<%@dotnet.itags.org.PageExplicit="true"Language="VB"Debug="True" %>

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

Dim EMailFromAsString = Session("eMailFrom")

Dim EMailToAsString = Request.Form("txtTo")

Dim EMailSubjectAsString ="Your Report"

Dim EMailBodyAsString = Request.Form("txtNewBody")

Dim MySmtpClientAsNew System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient

MySmtpClient.Send(EMailFrom, EMailTo, EMailSubject, EMailBody)%>

Any help appreciated

Anything and everything email and .NET related can be found at:

If you are dealing with 1.1:
http://www.systemwebmail.com

Or 2.0 framework
http://www.systemnetmail.com

Both sites have working examples, diagnostic solutions, and setup

I put together a FAQ in the FAQ Forum:HOW TO: Send using System.Net.Mail

HTH,
Ryan

Saturday, March 24, 2012

html email with embedded images

Hi,
I know how to send emails from the .Net environment, even html mails.
But, what is the best way to add images to the html?
A URL to an image somewhere on some server is usually blocked nowadays,
so you need to send the image as attachment. I had some success when I
used the filename (without path) of the attachment as img-src.
Is that the only way or are there better methods?
A related question: some of these images might be stored in the database
or generated "on the fly", but the MailAttachment class uses filenames.
Is there any way to attach some document *without* storing it first?
If not, can I safely delete that temporary file directly after I send the
email to the server?
Hans KestingI don't believe you can embed images into an email with the .net mail.
I also have to send out email's with embedded images that came from a
database. I basically had to write my own SMTP client to replace the built
in .net version. You can also purchase a 3rd party package that will do
this. (I couldn't since our product is resold and it would cause licencing
issues)
Unfortunally I can't send my code...they would probably fire me! But I can
offer you a few pointers on what you should do. Writing you're own SMTP
client isn't as easy as it sounds...there's a lot of standards to follow.
I strongly recommend that you use a 3rd party package...maybe this:
http://www.quiksoft.com/emdotnet/comparison.asp
"Hans Kesting" <news.2.hansdk@.spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
news:OZp%23JhRsEHA.160@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I know how to send emails from the .Net environment, even html mails.
> But, what is the best way to add images to the html?
> A URL to an image somewhere on some server is usually blocked nowadays,
> so you need to send the image as attachment. I had some success when I
> used the filename (without path) of the attachment as img-src.
> Is that the only way or are there better methods?
> A related question: some of these images might be stored in the database
> or generated "on the fly", but the MailAttachment class uses filenames.
> Is there any way to attach some document *without* storing it first?
> If not, can I safely delete that temporary file directly after I send the
> email to the server?
> Hans Kesting
>

html email with embedded images

Hi,

I know how to send emails from the .Net environment, even html mails.
But, what is the best way to add images to the html?

A URL to an image somewhere on some server is usually blocked nowadays,
so you need to send the image as attachment. I had some success when I
used the filename (without path) of the attachment as img-src.
Is that the only way or are there better methods?

A related question: some of these images might be stored in the database
or generated "on the fly", but the MailAttachment class uses filenames.
Is there any way to attach some document *without* storing it first?
If not, can I safely delete that temporary file directly after I send the
email to the server?

Hans KestingI don't believe you can embed images into an email with the .net mail.

I also have to send out email's with embedded images that came from a
database. I basically had to write my own SMTP client to replace the built
in .net version. You can also purchase a 3rd party package that will do
this. (I couldn't since our product is resold and it would cause licencing
issues)

Unfortunally I can't send my code...they would probably fire me! But I can
offer you a few pointers on what you should do. Writing you're own SMTP
client isn't as easy as it sounds...there's a lot of standards to follow.
I strongly recommend that you use a 3rd party package...maybe this:
http://www.quiksoft.com/emdotnet/comparison.asp

"Hans Kesting" <news.2.hansdk@.spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
news:OZp%23JhRsEHA.160@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I know how to send emails from the .Net environment, even html mails.
> But, what is the best way to add images to the html?
> A URL to an image somewhere on some server is usually blocked nowadays,
> so you need to send the image as attachment. I had some success when I
> used the filename (without path) of the attachment as img-src.
> Is that the only way or are there better methods?
> A related question: some of these images might be stored in the database
> or generated "on the fly", but the MailAttachment class uses filenames.
> Is there any way to attach some document *without* storing it first?
> If not, can I safely delete that temporary file directly after I send the
> email to the server?
> Hans Kesting