email program

[citizenstitch]

I was reading a post about a fellow that couldn't get his email program to work. Then out of curiousity I wanted to make my own. The problem is that vb.net is hating on all of my mail commands. it says they are not defined when it looks like they are built in. and ignore at the bottom the attachment part. I copied the code from an earlier post.

[MalcolmCarmen]

You will need an Imports statement at the top, inporting the .NET library you want to use for SMTP. I'd find this for you, but I'm at school :x

[BukHix]

Did you do the Imports System.Web.Mail? You will need that to get email working for your Windows forms. You may also need to add a reference to it.

[citizenstitch]

Did you do the Imports System.Web.Mail? You will need that to get email working for your Windows forms. You may also need to add a reference to it.

no sir i didnt. I tried " Imports System.Web.Mail" but the last option was all about asp.

[BukHix]

It should look something like this

[Andy]

The reference to add is System.Web.dll

[citizenstitch]

this is what I get this:

[Andy]

try adding the reference to the references in solution explorer.

What you are doing is something different. 'Importing' is simply a way to make typing code easier. You need to right-click on the node that says 'references' and then look for 'System.Web.dll' in the list that pops up. double click it and then select 'ok'. you're all set.

[citizenstitch]

hey thanks, it wasn't on that list. I had to rightclick and add item. all of those squigglies went away. hooray it works! thanks for that tidbit. how do I make a text box like this one so I can write emails in my program? also if I send from [email protected], the properties of that message still points directly to me. is there a way to mask it even better?

[Andy]

there are some good sample programs on PlanetSourceCode for mailing stuff...I will send u one I have when i get home tonight