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valen
valen

Reputation: 845

Injecting html into asp.net string for e-mail

Currently I'm sending an HTML e-mail I'm creating out of asp.net strings is outputting links as plain text rather than hyperlinks, which is what I'm going for. The code for generating the e-mail string looks like this: 

 Uri link = new Uri("http://www.somesite.com");

string body = "Plus, you may wish to bookmark " + link + " for your rate comparison needs."

string subject = Resources.Email.VerificationEmailSubject;

Email.SendEmail(email, subject, body);

   public static void SendEmail(string toAddress, string subject, string body)
    {
        try
        {

            MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
            mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(toAddress));
            mailMessage.Subject = subject;
            mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;
            mailMessage.Body = body;

            using (SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient())
            {
                smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            LogManager log = new LogManager();
            log.LogError(typeof(Email), ex);
        }
    }

What is the simplest way to do this?

Thanks!

Edit 1:

Tried - 

string emailContent = "Plus, you may wish to bookmark <a href='" + link + "'>www.comparsave.com</a> for your rate comparison needs.";

Viewing the email source, the string is being html encoded by asp.net to render as plain text in html: < and > are being replaced by "& gt;" "& lt;" etc. How to stop asp.net from doing this??

Edit 2:

Okay, figured it out! Will post the answer later when I have time. Thanks all!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1898

Answers (3)

valen
valen

Reputation: 845

The solution was to use Html.Raw from within a cshtml file acting as the email template. For some reason I wasn't able to call Html.Raw in the cs file posted above.

Upvotes: 0

jrummell
jrummell

Reputation: 43107

Use a template and insert your links into it. E.g.

const string template = "Plus, you may wish to bookmark <a href='{0}'>{0}</a> for your rate comparison needs."

string htmlEmailBody = String.Format(template, link);

Upvotes: 1

woz
woz

Reputation: 11004

If it's an HTML email, do this:

"<a href='" + link + "'>" + link + "</a>"

Upvotes: 3

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