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Extension method to have SmtpClient's SendMailAsync respond to a CancellationToken
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
public static class SmtpClientExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Sends the specified message to an SMTP server for delivery as an asynchronous operation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">
/// The <see cref="SmtpClient"/> instance.
/// </param>
/// <param name="message">
/// The <see cref="MailMessage"/> to send.
/// </param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken">
/// The <see cref="CancellationToken"/> to monitor for cancellation requests.
/// </para>
/// <returns>
/// A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
/// <para><paramref name="client"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</para>
/// <para>-or-</para>
/// <para><paramref name="message"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</para>
/// </exception>
public static Task SendMailAsync(this SmtpClient client, MailMessage message, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (client == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(client));
if (message == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(message));
if (!cancellationToken.CanBeCanceled) return client.SendMailAsync(message);
var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
var registration = default(CancellationTokenRegistration);
SendCompletedEventHandler handler = null;
handler = SendCompleted;
client.SendCompleted += handler;
try
{
client.SendAsync(message, tcs);
registration = cancellationToken.Register(client.SendAsyncCancel);
}
catch
{
client.SendCompleted -= handler;
registration.Dispose();
throw;
}
return tcs.Task;
void SendCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.UserState == tcs)
{
try
{
if (handler != null)
{
client.SendCompleted -= handler;
handler = null;
}
}
finally
{
registration.Dispose();
if (e.Error != null)
{
tcs.TrySetException(e.Error);
}
else if (e.Cancelled)
{
tcs.TrySetCanceled();
}
else
{
tcs.TrySetResult(null);
}
}
}
}
}
}
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This should really be baked in to the BCL.

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