MailMessage.Body Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.Mail

Assembly:

System.Net.Mail.dll

Source:

MailMessage.cs

Gets or sets the message body.

public:
 property System::String ^ Body { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Body { get; set; }

member this.Body : string with get, set

Public Property Body As String

Property Value

String

A String value that contains the body text.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting the Body property.

static void CreateTestMessage2( String^ server )
{
   String^ to = L"jane@contoso.com";
   String^ from = L"ben@contoso.com";
   MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( from,to );
   message->Subject = L"Using the new SMTP client.";
   message->Body = L"Using this new feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily.";
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
   
   // Credentials are necessary if the server requires the client 
   // to authenticate before it will send email on the client's behalf.
   client->UseDefaultCredentials = true;
   client->Send( message );
   client->~SmtpClient();
}

public static void CreateTestMessage2(string server)
{
    string to = "jane@contoso.com";
    string from = "ben@contoso.com";
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to);
    message.Subject = "Using the new SMTP client.";
    message.Body = @"Using this new feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily.";
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
    // Credentials are necessary if the server requires the client
    // to authenticate before it will send email on the client's behalf.
    client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

    try
    {
        client.Send(message);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateTestMessage2(): {0}",
            ex.ToString());
    }
}

Public Shared Sub CreateTestMessage2(ByVal server As String)
    Dim [to] As String = "jane@contoso.com"
    Dim from As String = "ben@contoso.com"
    Dim message As MailMessage = New MailMessage(from, [to])
    message.Subject = "Using the new SMTP client."
    message.Body = "Using this new feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily."
    Dim client As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient(server)
    ' Credentials are necessary if the server requires the client
    ' to authenticate before it will send email on the client's behalf.
    client.UseDefaultCredentials = True

    Try
        client.Send(message)
    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateTestMessage2(): {0}", ex.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub

Remarks

The ContentType of the Body content is "text/plain". Specify the encoding used for the body with the BodyEncoding property.

If the body content is available in alternative formats that provide richer presentation options for the recipients, you can specify alternate views for the body content by using the AlternateViews property. For example, an application might choose to send both the plain text body and an HTML version of the message body. Email readers that can display HTML can present the HTML version of the body to the recipient, while readers that cannot display HTML will display the plain text version of the message instead.