MailMessage.From Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.Mail

Assembly:

System.Net.Mail.dll

Source:

MailMessage.cs

Gets or sets the from address for this email message.

public:
 property System::Net::Mail::MailAddress ^ From { System::Net::Mail::MailAddress ^ get(); void set(System::Net::Mail::MailAddress ^ value); };

public System.Net.Mail.MailAddress? From { get; set; }

member this.From : System.Net.Mail.MailAddress with get, set

Public Property From As MailAddress

Property Value

MailAddress

A MailAddress that contains the from address information.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting a value for the From property.

static void CreateCopyMessage( String^ server )
{
   MailAddress^ from = gcnew MailAddress( L"ben@contoso.com",L"Ben Miller" );
   MailAddress^ to = gcnew MailAddress( L"jane@contoso.com",L"Jane Clayton" );
   MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( from,to );
   
   // message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
   message->Subject = L"Using the SmtpClient class.";
   message->Body = L"Using this feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily.";
   
   // Add a carbon copy recipient.
   MailAddress^ copy = gcnew MailAddress( L"Notification_List@contoso.com" );
   message->CC->Add( copy );
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
   
   // Include credentials if the server requires them.
   client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
   Console::WriteLine( L"Sending an email message to {0} by using the SMTP host {1}.", to->Address, client->Host );
   client->Send( message );
   client->~SmtpClient();
}

public static void CreateCopyMessage(string server)
{
    MailAddress from = new MailAddress("ben@contoso.com", "Ben Miller");
    MailAddress to = new MailAddress("jane@contoso.com", "Jane Clayton");
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to);
    // message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
    message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class.";
    message.Body = @"Using this feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily.";
    // Add a carbon copy recipient.
    MailAddress copy = new MailAddress("Notification_List@contoso.com");
    message.CC.Add(copy);
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
    // Include credentials if the server requires them.
    client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
    Console.WriteLine("Sending an email message to {0} by using the SMTP host {1}.",
         to.Address, client.Host);

    try
    {
        client.Send(message);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateCopyMessage(): {0}",
            ex.ToString());
    }
}

Public Shared Sub CreateCopyMessage(ByVal server As String)
    Dim from As MailAddress = New MailAddress("ben@contoso.com", "Ben Miller")
    Dim [to] As MailAddress = New MailAddress("jane@contoso.com", "Jane Clayton")
    Dim message As MailMessage = New MailMessage(from, [to])
    message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class."
    message.Body = "Using this feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily."
    ' Add a carbon copy recipient.
    Dim copy As MailAddress = New MailAddress("Notification_List@contoso.com")
    message.CC.Add(copy)
    Dim client As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient(server)
    ' Include credentials if the server requires them.
    client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials
    Console.WriteLine("Sending an email message to {0} by using the SMTP host {1}.", [to].Address, client.Host)

    Try
        client.Send(message)
    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateCopyMessage(): {0}", ex.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub

Remarks

The from address is not validated or tied to the currently logged on user.