SmtpClient.SendRawMail Method

Sends an e-mail message with raw content.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub SendRawMail( _
    server As SmtpServer, _
    mail() As Byte, _
    from As MailAddress, _
    recipients As AddressCollection _
)

[C#]
public void SendRawMail(
    SmtpServer server,
    byte[] mail,
    MailAddress from,
    AddressCollection recipients
);

[C++]
public: void SendRawMail(
    SmtpServer^ server,
    array<unsigned char>^ mail,
    MailAddress^ from,
    AddressCollection^ recipients
);

[JScript]
public function SendRawMail( 
    server : SmtpServer, 
    mail : Byte[],
    from : MailAddress,
    recipients : AddressCollection
);

Parameters

server

A SmtpServer instances used to send email.

mail

A byte array instance which contains the email content to send.

from

A MailAddress instance represents the email sender.

recipients

A AddressCollection instance represents the email recipients.

Remarks

Example

[Visual Basic, C#] To get the full samples of EASendMail, please refer to Samples section.

[VB - Forward Email]

Imports EASendMail
Imports System.IO

Sub ForwardEmailFile()

    Try
        Dim from As New MailAddress("from@adminsystem.com")
        Dim recipients As New AddressCollection("to@adminsystem.com")

        Dim fs As New FileStream("c:\test.eml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)
        Dim mailData(fs.Length - 1) As Byte
        fs.Read(mailData, 0, fs.Length)
        fs.Close()

        Dim oServer As SmtpServer = New SmtpServer("myserveraddress")
        ' SMTP user authentication
        oServer.User = "myusername"
        oServer.Password = "mypassword"

        ' Most mordern SMTP servers require SSL/TLS connection now.
        ' ConnectTryTLS means if server supports SSL/TLS, SSL/TLS will be used automatically.
        oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectTryTLS

        Dim oSmtp As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient
        oSmtp.SendRawMail(oServer, mailData, from, recipients)
        
    Catch exp As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", exp.Message)
    End Try

End Sub


[C# - Forward Email]

using System;
using EASendMail;
using System.IO;

void ForwardEmailFile()
{
    try
    {
        MailAddress from = new MailAddress("from@adminsystem.com");
        AddressCollection recipients = new AddressCollection("to@adminsystem.com");

        FileStream fs = new FileStream("c:\\test.eml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
        byte[] mailRawData = new byte[fs.Length];
        fs.Read(mailRawData, 0, mailRawData.Length);
        fs.Close();

        SmtpServer oServer = new SmtpServer("myserveraddress");
        // SMTP user authentication
        oServer.User = "myusername";
        oServer.Password = "mypassword";

        // Most mordern SMTP servers require SSL/TLS connection now.
        // ConnectTryTLS means if server supports SSL/TLS, SSL/TLS will be used automatically.
        oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectTryTLS;

        SmtpClient oSmtp = new SmtpClient();
        oSmtp.SendRawMail(oServer, mailRawData, from, recipients);
    }
    catch (Exception exp)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", exp.Message);
    }
}

See Also

SmtpClient.SendMail Method
SmtpClient.BeginSendMail Method
SmtpClient.BeginSendRawMail Method
Work with EASendMail Service (Email Queuing)
SmtpClient.SendMailToQueue Method
SmtpClient.SendMailToQueueEx Method

Online Tutorials

Send Email in VB 6.0 - Tutorial
Send Email in C# - Tutorial
Send Email in VB.NET - Tutorial
Send Email in Visual C++ - Tutorial
Send Email in Managed C++/CLI - Tutorial
Send Email in Delphi - Tutorial
Send Email in MS SQL stored procedure - Tutorial