How can i send emails using an asp.net script(.aspx) with my windows-based shared hosting plan?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

You can send emails off the Windows shared hosting server using an ASP.NET (.aspx) based webpage. In this document, we will present one complete example of an ASP.NET script which can be used to send out emails in HTML format.

Note: ASP.NET is supported with the Personal Windows, Business Class Windows, Pro Windows and eCommerce Windows shared hosting plans.

In general, you will need to:

import the "System.Web.Mail" namespace.
create a MailMessage object.
define the properties of your MailMessage object (i.e: To, CC, From, Subject, Body).
define the SMTP Server as "localhost".
send the email message.

Complete ASP.NET Example:

    <% @Page Language="C#" %>
    <% @Import Namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>
    <%
    MailMessage MyMessage = new MailMessage();

    MyMessage.To = "recipient@example.com";
    MyMessage.Cc = "another-recipient@example2.com";
    MyMessage.From = "sender@yourdomain.com";
    MyMessage.Subject = "Your Subject Here";

    MyMessage.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html;
    string strBody = "<html><body><b>Hi John, How are you?</b>" +
       " <font color=\"red\">This is generated with ASP.NET</font></body></html>";
    MyMessage.Body = strBody;

    SmtpMail.SmtpServer="localhost";
    SmtpMail.Send(MyMessage);

    Response.Write("Email successfully sent");
    %>