[2005] Email

[noahssite]

How do i make it so when a button is clicked the text of a textbox is sent as a email to a certain address?????


Don't give links to other threads since none of them explain because i want VISUAL BASIC 2005. Please leave an example...

Thankyou

[cameron2]

First of all you need an smtp server to work on. You can't just send an e-mail from nothing.
I suggest that you make an e-mail account on bluebottle.com or any e-mail that has POP3/smtp (not hotmail) and find out their smtp.

I have some code that can send an e-mail i just have to find it.

Cameron.

[cameron2]

Here's the code:
1. add about 4 textboxes to your form.
2. add a button

Dim mail as new system.web.mail.mailmessage

"Button click sub here"
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "Yoursmtpserver, Password"
mail = new MailMessage()
mail.To = Textbox1.text
mail.From = Textbox2.Text
mail.Subject = Textbox3.text
mail.Body = textbox4.text

SmtpMail.Send(mail)

End sub()

This code should work if not post the error and i will try and fix it.

Cameron

[masfenix]

Sorry to say but camerons code will most likely not work. You'll have to use SMTP. Your ISP provides a SMTP for you to use.

Alternatively you can signup for google's gmail, and use their SMTP server.

Most liekly you'll need to login using credentials.

[noahssite]

Sorry to say but camerons code will most likely not work. You'll have to use SMTP. Your ISP provides a SMTP for you to use.

Alternatively you can signup for google's gmail, and use their SMTP server.

Most liekly you'll need to login using credentials.

I dont quite understand.... So the reason i wanted to know how to do email is because im making a asp.net website and im making it in visual basic so i want to make a contact us page. I need to know how to do email.

[masfenix]

Most SMTP servers require you to login.

edit: I know this is in C#.Net but it can be converted VERY EASILY.. all it does is use the .net Email classes

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Net;
 
public partial class sendmail : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
        MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
 
        try
        {
            MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Softsys-Test");
 
            smtpClient.Host = "72.18.138.246"; //or mail.domain-name.com
 
            //Default port will be 25
            smtpClient.Port = 25;
 
            NetworkCredential info = new NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "***");  //"my login name is my email itself, and password.
            smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
            smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
            smtpClient.Credentials = info;
 
            //From address will be given as a MailAddress Object
            message.From = fromAddress;
 
            // To address collection of MailAddress
            message.To.Add("[email protected]");
            message.Subject = "Test-Subject";
 
            //Body can be Html or text format
            //Specify true if it  is html message
            message.IsBodyHtml = false;
 
            // Message body content
            message.Body = "Test Body";
 
            // Send SMTP mail
            smtpClient.Send(message);
 
            Response.Write("Mail sent successfully :-)");
 
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Response.Write("Oops! Error encountered. " + ex.Message.ToString());
        }
    }
}

[cameron2]

Yes that code was straight off the top of my head i am still looking for my e-mail application that worked.

[noahssite]

ok so now i need to convert it....just wondering can VB 2005 use tags? to insert another code into a visual basic code? Ive never done that before since i only know visual basic.

[stimbo]

there are loads of websites that do vb to c# .net conversion and vice versa.

Just copy/paste that code in and it will change it for you.

Code converter

[mendhak]

noahssite, ASP.NET questions - ASP.NET Forum. You'll have a better chance of getting asp.net related answers there.

[noahssite]

Only have of it got converted there was an error with the code converter site

[stimbo]

There's really not much difference in the code compared to the vb version

Instead of 'Using' it's 'Imports' in VB

Variable delcarations are simply changed from:

SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
MailMessage message = new MailMessage();

to:

Dim smtpClient As New smtpClient
Dim message As New MailMessage

Just do the same thing for the other variable declarations and take the ; character off the end of the other lines and that's it really. A little effort working it out will have it done in minutes.