Send Email in Asp.net MVC

Send Email in Asp.net MVC

In this article we will send smtp email 

Step 1

Add the following in web.config file

<appSettings> <add key="email" value="example@gmail.com" /> <add key="password" value="password@" /> <add key="smtp" value="smtp.gmail.com" /> <add key="port" value="587" /> </appSettings>

Step 2

Add the following code to your controller

public static string SendSmtpEmail(string sentTo, string mailSubject, string mailBody)
{
     string from = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["email"].ToString();
     string pass = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["password"].ToString();
     string smtp = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["smtp"].ToString();
     string port = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["port"].ToString();
     MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(from, sentTo);
     using (SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient())
     {
         client.Port = Convert.ToInt32(port);
         client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
         client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
         client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(from, pass);
         client.EnableSsl = false;
         client.Host = smtp;
         mail.Subject = mailSubject;
         mail.Body = mailBody;
         mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
         try
         {
             client.Send(mail);
             return "success";
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {

             return ex.Message;
         }

     }
}

Step 3

Call SendSmtpEmail function where you want to send email to user

Guid guid = Guid.NewGuid();
 string emailBody = string.Format(
              @"Mr/Ms. {0}, <br/> Thank you for registering to ABC.
              Please <a href='localhost:5490/?token_number={1}' target='_blank'> click here<a/> to verify and activate your account.
              <br>Your account will not be activated until your email address is confirmed.<br><br>"
              ,model.user_name, guid.ToString()
              );

 string msg = sendSmtpEmail(model.email, "ABC Account Activation", emailBody);
 if (msg != "success")
 {
  ModelState.AddModelError("user_email_address", "Email address is not valid");
  return View(model);
}

Send Smtp Email 

public string SendEmail(string emailTo)
 {
   string from = "sender@mail.com";
   string pass = "password";
   string smtp = "smtp.gmail.com";
   string port = 587;
   emailTo="reciever@mailcom"
   string result = null;
   try
   {
       SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
       client.EnableSsl = true;
       client.Port = Port;
       client.Host = smpt;

       client.Timeout = 10000;
       client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
       client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(from, pass);
       client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

       MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
       message.From = new MailAddress(from);
       message.Subject = "Enter code";
       message.Body = string.Format(
           @"<p>Following are your login details</p>
           <p><strong>Two Factor Authentication</strong><strong>:&nbsp;</strong></p>"
           );

       message.To.Add(emailTo);

       message.IsBodyHtml = true;
       message.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;
       client.Send(message);
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
       result = ex.Message;
   }
   return result;
}