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Helper class used to access a Gmail account remotely for the purpose of sending an email message
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/// <summary> | |
/// GmailSender: Class used to access a Gmail account remotely for the purpose of sending an email message | |
/// </summary> | |
public class GmailSender | |
{ | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Static method. Accepts required elements for sending a email through the Google Mail system. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="to">The target (recipient) of the email message.</param> | |
/// <param name="subject">Subject line value for the email.</param> | |
/// <param name="message">The email message body.</param> | |
/// <param name="isHTML">if set to <c>true</c> [is HTML].</param> | |
/// <returns> | |
/// true on successful sent message; false if an exception is thrown | |
/// </returns> | |
public static bool SendMail(string to, string subject, string message, bool isHTML) | |
{ | |
try | |
{ | |
// Create user credentials | |
var loginInfo = new NetworkCredential("your-gmail-username", "your-gmail-password"); | |
// Build message | |
var msg = new MailMessage(); | |
msg.From = new MailAddress("your-gmail-address"); | |
msg.To.Add(new MailAddress(to)); | |
msg.Subject = subject; | |
msg.IsBodyHtml = isHTML; | |
msg.Body = message; | |
// Create the SMTP object and send the message | |
using (var client = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com")) | |
{ | |
client.EnableSsl = true; | |
client.Port = 587; | |
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false; | |
client.Credentials = loginInfo; | |
client.Send(msg); | |
return true; | |
} | |
} | |
catch (Exception ex) | |
{ | |
// TODO: log exception | |
return false; | |
} | |
} | |
} // end class |
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