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gyaani_guy
gyaani_guy

Reputation: 3209

Show Progress bar with smtpClient.send

I am using this function to send mails via gmail. 

private bool uploadToGmail(string username, string password , string file , 
    string backupnumber)
{
    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
    SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
    mail.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]");
    mail.To.Add("[email protected]");
    mail.Subject = "Backup mail- Dated- " + DateTime.Now + " part - " + 
        backupnumber;
    mail.Body = "Hi self. This mail contains \n backup number- " + 
        backupnumber + " \n Dated- " + DateTime.Now ;

    System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
    attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(file);
    mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);

    SmtpServer.Port = 587;
    SmtpServer.Credentials = 
        new System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "password");
    SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;

    SmtpServer.Timeout = 999999999;
    SmtpServer.Send(mail);
    //  MessageBox.Show("mail Sent");
    return true;
}

Now I want to show a progress bar (in case there is a large attachment) to show the upload . Is this possible ? I think I know how to use a progress bar, but don't know how to use it with Smtpclient.send() .

any help ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5419

Answers (1)

Daniel Hilgarth
Daniel Hilgarth

Reputation: 174329

You should use SendAsync and subscribe to SendCompleted, to know, when the sending your mail completed. There is no way to get the progress of the send process, though...

Upvotes: 3

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