Send Email Using ASP.NET CORE 1.1 With MailKit using VS Code in Ubuntu

In this post I will show you how to Send Email Using ASP.NET CORE 1.1 With MailKit using Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu.

OutPut:

Install Nuget Package Manager from Extensions
ones it is installed press F1, search for Add Package and select it. then paste NETCore.MailKit and press Enter and continue by pressing Enter.

Some of the SMTP hosts and Port No's are:

Mail Server	SMTP Server	Port No
Gmail	Smtp.gmail.com	587
OutLook	Smtp.live.com	587
Yahoo Mail	Smtp.mail.yahoo.com	465
Office365.com	Smtp.office365.com	587
Hotmail	Smtp.live.com	465
Hot Mail	Smtp.live.com	465

Use the below namespaces

  

using MimeKit;
using MailKit.Net.Smtp;

Replace Index actionresult with the below code

  

public IActionResult Index()
{
     var msg = sendMail();
     ViewData["Message"] = msg;
     return View();
}

Meathod to send mail

  

public void sendMail()
{
    try
    {
        string From = "fromname@domain.com";                
        string To = "toname@domain.com";
        string Subject = "Sending Email from ASP.NET Core 1.1 With MailKit using VS Code in Ubuntu";
        string Body = "This is a sample body Sending Email from ASP.NET Core 1.1 With MailKit using VS Code in Ubuntu";

        string SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com";
        int SmtpPort = 587;

        var mimeMessage = new MimeMessage();
        mimeMessage.From.Add(new MailboxAddress(From));
        mimeMessage.To.Add(new MailboxAddress(To));
        mimeMessage.Subject = Subject;
        mimeMessage.Body = new TextPart("plain")
        {
            Text = Body
        };

        using (var client = new SmtpClient())
        {
            client.Connect(SmtpServer, SmtpPort, false);
            client.Authenticate("fromname@domain.com", "yourpassword");
            client.Send(mimeMessage);                    
            client.Disconnect(true);   
            return "Mail sent succesfully.";                 
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        string Msg = ex.Message;
        return Msg;
    }
}