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WebPages Email

This lesson is part of ASP · All levels

Summary

Web Pages provides WebMail helpers to send email from the server side via SMTP servers. You need to configure SMTPs like hosts, ports, and credentials on App_Start, and then just call WebMail.Send. This feature is useful for notifications, password resets, and contact forms, with the SMTP security configuration note to be correct.

Key points

SMTP configuration is done via WebMail.SmtpConfig with hosts, ports, and credentials.
WebMail.Send(receiving, subject, content) sending a message to one address.
Additional cc and attachment files are available in the Send parameter.
Secure the SMTP credentials in web.config, do not write hard-coded on the page.

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