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xtra
xtra

Reputation: 2352

MailMessage with string instead of MailAddress in To

Is it possible to address a mailmessage to a 'name' instead of an 'e-mailaddress'.

Something like this:

MailMessage mmsg = new MailMessage();
mmsg.To.Add("Winfrey");

instead of:

MailMessage mmsg = new MailMessage();
mmsg.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]"));

Is it possible to add something in the 'To' part without the '@' and domain? And if so, how?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 645

Answers (3)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 317

The MailMessage class does not provide this. From where should this class know, which mail address is behind 'Winfrey'?
The only way is to create a simple address book.

Then you can write this

mmsg.To.Add(_addressBook["Winfrey"]);

_addressBook is a Dictionary here.

Dictionary<string, string> _addressBook = new Dictionary<string,string>();



Does this help?

Upvotes: 4

Adola
Adola

Reputation: 337

System.Net.Mail doesn't validate the email that you are sending to. MailMessage.To only accepts email address. See this!

Upvotes: 1

Ctznkane525
Ctznkane525

Reputation: 7465

If you are looking to see the sender's name on the e-mail that the other user receives:

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "winfrey" );

It'll display the name Winfrey.

Upvotes: 1

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