MailAddress Class


Provides properties and methods for constructing an e-mail address including display name, e-mail address.

System.Object
    EASendMail.MailAddress

[Visual Basic]
Public Class MailAddress
[C#]
public class MailAddress
[C++]
public ref class MailAddress
[JScript]
public class MailAddress

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Public Constructors

MailAddress Constructor Initializes a new instance of the MailAddress class.

Public Properties

Address Gets or sets the e-mail address.
Name Gets or sets the display name.

Mail Address Syntax

For single email address (From), the syntax can be ["][display name]["]<email address>.
For example, "Tester, T" <test@adminsystem.com>, Tester <test@adminsystem.com>, <test@adminsystem.com> or test@adminsystem.com.

For mulitple email address(es) (To, CC, Bcc), the syntax can be [single email],[single email]... (,;\r\n) can be used to separate multiple email addresses.
For example: "Tester, T" <test1@adminsystem.com>, Tester2 <test2@adminsystem.com>, <test3@adminsystem.com>, test4@adminsystem.com

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, JavaScript] The following example demonstrates how to send email in Windows 8 Store App. To get the full samples of EASendMail, please refer to Samples section.

[C# - Send Email from Windows Store Apps - XAML]
using EASendMail;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

private async Task SendEmail()
{
    String Result = "";
    try
    {
        SmtpMail oMail = new SmtpMail("TryIt");
        SmtpClient oSmtp = new SmtpClient();

        // Set sender email address, please change it to yours 
        oMail.From = new MailAddress("test@emailarchitect.net");

        // Specify sender address and display name
        // oMail.From = new MailAddress( "Tester", "test@emailarchitect.net" );
        // oMail.From = new MailAddress( "Tester<emailarchitect.net>" );

        // Add recipient email address, please change it to yours
        oMail.To.Add(new MailAddress("support@emailarchitect.net"));

        // Specify multiple recipients directly
        // oMail.To = new AddressCollection( "Tester1<test@emailarchitect.net>, Tester2<test2@emailarchitect.net>");		

        // Add more recipient email address
        // oMail.To.Add(new MailAddress("supportex@emailarchitect.net"));

        // Add CC recipient email address
        // oMail.Cc.Add(new MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"));

        // Add BCC recipient email address
        // oMail.Bcc.Add(new MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"));

        // Set email subject
        oMail.Subject = "test email from C# XAML project";

        // Set email body
        oMail.TextBody = "this is a test email sent from Windows Store App, do not reply";

        // Your SMTP server address
        SmtpServer oServer = new SmtpServer("smtp.emailarchitect.net");

        // User and password for ESMTP authentication            
        oServer.User = "test@emailarchitect.net";
        oServer.Password = "testpassword";

        // If your SMTP server requires TLS connection on 25 port, please add this line
        // oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSSLAuto;

        // If your SMTP server requires SSL connection on 465 port, please add this line
        // oServer.Port = 465;
        // oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSSLAuto;

        await oSmtp.SendMailAsync(oServer, oMail);
        Result = "Email was sent successfully!";
    }
    catch (Exception ep)
    {
        Result = String.Format("Failed to send email with the following error: {0}", ep.Message);
    }

    // Display Result by Diaglog box
    Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog dlg = new
        Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(Result);
           
    await dlg.ShowAsync();
}

[VB - Send Email from Windows Store Apps - XAML]
Imports EASendMail

Private Async Function SendEmail() As Task
    Dim Result As String = ""
    Try

        Dim oMail As New SmtpMail("TryIt")
        Dim oSmtp As New SmtpClient()

        ' Set sender email address, please change it to yours
        oMail.From = New MailAddress("test@emailarchitect.net")

        ' Specify sender address and display name
        ' oMail.From = New MailAddress( "Tester", "test@emailarchitect.net" )
        ' oMail.From = New MailAddress( "Tester<emailarchitect.net>" )

        ' Add recipient email address, please change it to yours
        oMail.To.Add(New MailAddress("support@emailarchitect.net"))

        ' Specify multiple recipients directly
        ' oMail.To = New AddressCollection( "Tester1<test@emailarchitect.net>, Tester2<test2@emailarchitect.net>")

        ' Add more recipient email address
        ' oMail.To.Add(New MailAddress("supportex@emailarchitect.net"))

        ' Add CC recipient email address
       ' oMail.Cc.Add(New MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"))

        ' Add BCC recipient email address
        ' oMail.Bcc.Add(New MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"))

        ' Set email subject
        oMail.Subject = "test email from VB XAML project"

        ' Set email body
        oMail.TextBody = "this is a test email sent from Windows Store App, do not reply"

        ' Your SMTP server address
        Dim oServer As New SmtpServer("smtp.emailarchitect.net")

        ' User and password for ESMTP authentication            
        oServer.User = "test@emailarchitect.net"
        oServer.Password = "testpassword"

        ' If your SMTP server requires TLS connection on 25 port, please add this line
        ' oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSSLAuto

        ' If your SMTP server requires SSL connection on 465 port, please add this line
        ' oServer.Port = 465
        ' oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSSLAuto

        Await oSmtp.SendMailAsync(oServer, oMail)
        Result = "Email was sent successfully!"

    Catch ep As Exception
        Result = String.Format("Failed to send email with the following error: {0}", ep.Message)
    End Try

    ' Display Result by Diaglog box
    Dim dlg As New Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(Result)
    Await dlg.ShowAsync()
End Function

[JavaScript - Send Email from Windows Store Apps - HTML5]
function sendMail() {
    var result = "";

    var oMail = new EASendMail.SmtpMail("TryIt");
    var oSmtp = new EASendMail.SmtpClient();

    // Set sender email address, please change it to yours 
    oMail.from = new EASendMail.MailAddress("test@emailarchitect.net");

    // Specify sender address and display name
    // oMail.from = new EASendMail.MailAddress( "Tester", "test@emailarchitect.net" );
    // oMail.from = new EASendMail.MailAddress( "Tester<emailarchitect.net>" );

    // Add recipient email address, please change it to yours
    oMail.to.add(new EASendMail.MailAddress("support@emailarchitect.net"));

    // Specify multiple recipients directly
    // oMail.to = new EASendMail.AddressCollection( "Tester1<test@emailarchitect.net>, Tester2<test2@emailarchitect.net>");	

    // Add more recipient email address
    // oMail.to.add(new EASendMail.MailAddress("supportex@emailarchitect.net"));

    // Add CC recipient email address
    // oMail.cc.add(new EASendMail.MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"));

    // Add BCC recipient email address
    // oMail.bcc.add(new EASendMail.MailAddress("cc@emailarchitect.net"));

    // Set email subject
    oMail.subject = "test email from JavaScript HTML5 project";

    // Set email body
    oMail.textBody = "this is a test email sent from Windows Store App, do not reply";

    // Your SMTP server address
    var oServer = new EASendMail.SmtpServer("smtp.emailarchitect.net");

    // User and password for ESMTP authentication            
    oServer.user = "test@emailarchitect.net";
    oServer.password = "testpassword";

    // If your SMTP server requires TLS connection on 25 port, please add this line
    // oServer.connectType = EASendMail.SmtpConnectType.connectSSLAuto;

    // If your SMTP server requires SSL connection on 465 port, please add this line
    // oServer.port = 465;
    // oServer.connectType = EASendMail.SmtpConnectType.connectSSLAuto;

    oSmtp.sendMailAsync(oServer, oMail).then(function (e) {
        result = "Email was sent successfully!";

        // Display Result by Diaglog box
        (new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(result, "Success")).showAsync();
    },

    function (e) {
        // because javascript exception only gives the stack trace messages, but it is not
        // real description of exception, so we give a property lastErrorMessage for javascript.
        if (oSmtp.lastErrorMessage != "") {
            result = oSmtp.lastErrorMessage;
        }
        else {
            result = e.message;
        }
        oSmtp.close();

        // Display Result by Diaglog box
        (new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(result, "Error Information")).showAsync();
    });
}

See Also

SmtpMail.From
SmtpMail.ReplyTo
SmtpMail.Sender
SmtpMail.ReturnPath
AddressCollection Class