How to send email from MVC 5 application

You will need an SMTP server to send email from. No idea how GoDaddy works but I'm sure they will provide something.

To send emails from an MVC app you either specify you SMTP details in code or in the web.config. I recommend in the config file as it means it's much easier to change. With everything in the web.config:

SmtpClient client=new SmtpClient();

Otherwise, do it in code:

SmtpClient client=new SmtpClient("some.server.com");
//If you need to authenticate
client.Credentials=new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

Now you create your message:

MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
mailMessage.From = "[email protected]";
mailMessage.To.Add("[email protected]");
mailMessage.Subject = "Hello There";
mailMessage.Body = "Hello my friend!";

Finally send it:

client.Send(mailMessage);

An example for the web.config set up:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
        <smtp>
            <network host="your.smtp.server.com" port="25" />
        </smtp>
     </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Web Config:

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
    <smtp from="[email protected]">
      <network host="smtp-mail.outlook.com" 
               port="587" 
               userName="[email protected]"
               password="password" 
               enableSsl="true" />
    </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Controller:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> Contact(EmailFormModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var body = "<p>Email From: {0} ({1})</p><p>Message:</p><p>{2}</p>";
        var message = new MailMessage();
        message.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]")); //replace with valid value
        message.Subject = "Your email subject";
        message.Body = string.Format(body, model.FromName, model.FromEmail, model.Message);
        message.IsBodyHtml = true;
        using (var smtp = new SmtpClient())
        {
            await smtp.SendMailAsync(message);
            return RedirectToAction("Sent");
        }
    }
    return View(model);
}

You can try this

---

Controller

    [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult ContactDees(FormCollection form)
    {
        EmailBusiness me = new EmailBusiness();
        //string message = Session["Urgent Message"].ToString();
        string from = form["from"];
        string subj = form["sub"];
        string body = form["body"];
        me.from = new MailAddress(from);
        me.sub = subj;
        me.body = body;
        me.ToAdmin();
        return RedirectToAction("Feedback", "First");}

---

Business Logic

public class EmailBusiness
{
    public MailAddress to { get; set; }
    public MailAddress from { get; set; }
    public string sub { get; set; }
    public string body { get; set; }
    public string ToAdmin()
    {
        string feedback = "";
        EmailBusiness me = new EmailBusiness();

        var m = new MailMessage()
        {

            Subject = sub,
            Body = body,
            IsBodyHtml = true
        };
        to = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Administrator");
        m.To.Add(to);
        m.From = new MailAddress(from.ToString());
        m.Sender = to;


        SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient
        {
            Host = "pod51014.outlook.com",
            Port = 587,
            Credentials = new NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "Dut930611"),
            EnableSsl = true
        };

        try
        {
            smtp.Send(m);
            feedback = "Message sent to insurance";
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            feedback = "Message not sent retry" + e.Message;
        }
        return feedback;
    }

}

---

View

    <div class="form-horizontal">
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.From, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.From, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Subject, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Subject, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Body, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Body, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
                <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Send Email" />
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

---

Web Config

// This example uses SendGrid SMTP via Microsoft Azure
// The SendGrid userid and password are hidden as environment variables
private async Task configSendGridasyncAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.sendgrid.net");
        var password = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SendGridAzurePassword");
        var user = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SendGridAzureUser");
        client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(user, password);

        var mailMessage = new MailMessage();
        mailMessage.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "It's Me"); ;
        mailMessage.To.Add(message.Destination);
        mailMessage.Subject = message.Subject;
        mailMessage.Body = message.Body;
        mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;

        await client.SendMailAsync(mailMessage);
        await Task.FromResult(0);
    }