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Kerem Zaman
Kerem Zaman

Reputation: 539

An error while using a local SMTP pickup directory

I am configuring SMTPClient with these codes to use local directory:

EmailHelper.cs

  public bool SendMail(string from, string to, string cc, string subject, string body, bool isBodyHtml)
        {
            try
            {
                var smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
                string pickUpFolder = @"C:\Users\kerem\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\Blog\Blog\Email";
                smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.SpecifiedPickupDirectory;
                Configuration configurationFile = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath);
                MailSettingsSectionGroup mailSettings = configurationFile.GetSectionGroup("system.net/mailSettings") as MailSettingsSectionGroup;
                if (mailSettings != null)
                {
                    pickUpFolder = mailSettings.Smtp.SpecifiedPickupDirectory.PickupDirectoryLocation;
                    smtpClient.PickupDirectoryLocation = pickUpFolder;
                }


                System.Net.Mail.MailMessage mailMessage = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
                mailMessage.From = new MailAddress(from);
                mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(to));
                if (cc != "")
                    mailMessage.CC.Add(new MailAddress(cc));
                mailMessage.Subject = subject;
                mailMessage.Body = body;
                mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;

                smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);
                return true;

            }
            catch (Exception err)
            {
                return false;
            }

        }

EmailHelper.cs in BlogServices Project in my Blog solution. Also there is a Blog Project in the same solution. I have replaced Blog\Blog\Email in pickUpFolder with Blog\Email and Blog\BlogServices\Email but I still have an error of Only absolute directories are allowed for pickup directory. Where is my mistake? Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6267

Answers (1)

Billdr
Billdr

Reputation: 1579

Add this to your project's web.config.

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
    <smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory">
      <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="C:\Users\kerem\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\Blog\Blog\Email\"/>
    </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Alternatively, try deleting this line: pickUpFolder = mailSettings.Smtp.SpecifiedPickupDirectory.PickupDirectoryLocation;, but I suspect you'll have other problems if you go that route.

Upvotes: 3

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