dont understand this error

[Andy]

im writing a c# console app and have this code:

using System;
 
namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Send eMail Anonymousely
    /// using any smtp server.
    /// </summary>
    class Anonymous_Mail_CS
    {
 
            System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMessage = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
 
        static void Main()
        {
 
            Console.Write("Specify SMTP Server: ");
            System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'To': ");
            myMessage.To = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'From': ");
            myMessage.From = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'Subject': ");
            myMessage.Subject = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.WriteLine("Write your message:");
            myMessage.Body =  Console.ReadLine();
            
            
        }
    
    }//end class Anonymous_Mail_CS
}//end namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS

here is the series of errors when trying to build the project:
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(21): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(24): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(27): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(30): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected


can i NOT declare a class level variable of MailMessage type?

also, Intellisense doesn't recognize the variable when it's declared where it currently is.

what am i overlooking here?

another thing i'd like to find out is why i have to use a static member of smtpMail (smtpserver) when in visual basic.net, i can use an instance of the smtpMail class? can someone tell me what the difference is between the languages here?