How to send email from MVC 5 application

Question

I have a form that a customer is required to fill out. Once the form is submitted, I'd like to send the basic information from the form's Index view (First Name, Last Name, Phone Number, etc..) to an email. I'm currently using GoDaddy for my hosting site. Does this matter, or can I send the email directly from my MVC application? I have the following for my Model, View, Controller. I've never done this before and am really not sure how to go about it.

Model:

public class Application
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Marital Status")]
    public bool? MaritalStatus { get; set; }


    [Required]
    [DisplayName("First Name")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Middle Initial")]
    public string MiddleInitial { get; set; }
     [Required]
    [DisplayName("Last Name")]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

Controller:

public ActionResult Index()
{
        return View();
}

// POST: Applications/Create
// To protect from overposting attacks, please enable the specific properties you want to bind to, for 
// more details see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=317598.
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Index([Bind(Include = "Id,FirstName,MiddleInitial,LastName")] Application application)
{
    ViewBag.SubmitDate = DateTime.Now;

    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        application.GetDate = DateTime.Now;
        db.Applications.Add(application);
        db.SaveChanges();
        return RedirectToAction("Thanks");
    }

    return View(application);
}

View

<table class="table table-striped">
    <tr>
        <th>
           @Html.ActionLink("First Name", "Index", new { sortOrder = ViewBag.NameSortParm })
        </th>

        <th>
            @Html.ActionLink("Last Name", "Index", new { sortOrder = ViewBag.NameSortParm })
        </th>

        <th>
            @Html.ActionLink("Date Submitted", "Index", new { sortOrder = ViewBag.NameSortParm})
        </th>
    </tr>

@foreach (var item in Model) {
    <tr>
        <td>
            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName)
        </td>

        <td>
            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.LastName)
        </td>

        <td>
            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.GetDate)
        </td>
    </tr>
}

Answer 1

You will need an SMTP server to send email from. No idea how GoDaddy works but I'm sure they will provide something.

To send emails from an MVC app you either specify you SMTP details in code or in the web.config. I recommend in the config file as it means it's much easier to change. With everything in the web.config:

SmtpClient client=new SmtpClient();

Otherwise, do it in code:

SmtpClient client=new SmtpClient("some.server.com");
//If you need to authenticate
client.Credentials=new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

Now you create your message:

MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
mailMessage.From = "someone@somewhere.com";
mailMessage.To.Add("someone.else@somewhere-else.com");
mailMessage.Subject = "Hello There";
mailMessage.Body = "Hello my friend!";

Finally send it:

client.Send(mailMessage);

An example for the web.config set up:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
        <smtp>
            <network host="your.smtp.server.com" port="25" />
        </smtp>
     </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Answer 2

You can try this

---

Controller

    [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult ContactDees(FormCollection form)
    {
        EmailBusiness me = new EmailBusiness();
        //string message = Session["Urgent Message"].ToString();
        string from = form["from"];
        string subj = form["sub"];
        string body = form["body"];
        me.from = new MailAddress(from);
        me.sub = subj;
        me.body = body;
        me.ToAdmin();
        return RedirectToAction("Feedback", "First");}

---

Business Logic

public class EmailBusiness
{
    public MailAddress to { get; set; }
    public MailAddress from { get; set; }
    public string sub { get; set; }
    public string body { get; set; }
    public string ToAdmin()
    {
        string feedback = "";
        EmailBusiness me = new EmailBusiness();

        var m = new MailMessage()
        {

            Subject = sub,
            Body = body,
            IsBodyHtml = true
        };
        to = new MailAddress("21241112@dut4life.ac.za", "Administrator");
        m.To.Add(to);
        m.From = new MailAddress(from.ToString());
        m.Sender = to;


        SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient
        {
            Host = "pod51014.outlook.com",
            Port = 587,
            Credentials = new NetworkCredential("21241112@dut4life.ac.za", "Dut930611"),
            EnableSsl = true
        };

        try
        {
            smtp.Send(m);
            feedback = "Message sent to insurance";
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            feedback = "Message not sent retry" + e.Message;
        }
        return feedback;
    }

}

---

View

    <div class="form-horizontal">
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.From, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.From, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Subject, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Subject, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Body, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
            <div class="col-md-10">
                @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Body, new { @class = "form-control MakeWidth" })
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
                <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Send Email" />
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

---

Web Config

Answer 3

Web Config:

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
    <smtp from="you@outlook.com">
      <network host="smtp-mail.outlook.com" 
               port="587" 
               userName="you@outlook.com"
               password="password" 
               enableSsl="true" />
    </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Controller:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> Contact(EmailFormModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var body = "<p>Email From: {0} ({1})</p><p>Message:</p><p>{2}</p>";
        var message = new MailMessage();
        message.To.Add(new MailAddress("name@gmail.com")); //replace with valid value
        message.Subject = "Your email subject";
        message.Body = string.Format(body, model.FromName, model.FromEmail, model.Message);
        message.IsBodyHtml = true;
        using (var smtp = new SmtpClient())
        {
            await smtp.SendMailAsync(message);
            return RedirectToAction("Sent");
        }
    }
    return View(model);
}

Answer 4

// This example uses SendGrid SMTP via Microsoft Azure
// The SendGrid userid and password are hidden as environment variables
private async Task configSendGridasyncAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.sendgrid.net");
        var password = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SendGridAzurePassword");
        var user = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SendGridAzureUser");
        client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(user, password);

        var mailMessage = new MailMessage();
        mailMessage.From = new MailAddress("itsme@domain.type", "It's Me"); ;
        mailMessage.To.Add(message.Destination);
        mailMessage.Subject = message.Subject;
        mailMessage.Body = message.Body;
        mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;

        await client.SendMailAsync(mailMessage);
        await Task.FromResult(0);
    }

Answer 5

    public static async Task SendMail(string to, string subject, string body)
    {
        var message = new MailMessage();
        message.To.Add(new MailAddress(to));
        message.From = new MailAddress(WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AdminUser"]);
        message.Subject = subject;
        message.Body = body;
        message.IsBodyHtml = true;

        using (var smtp = new SmtpClient())
        {
            var credential = new NetworkCredential
            {
                UserName = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AdminUser"],
                Password = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AdminPassWord"]
            };

            smtp.Credentials = credential;
            smtp.Host = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPName"];
            smtp.Port = int.Parse(WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPPort"]);
            smtp.EnableSsl = true;
            await smtp.SendMailAsync(message);
        }
    }

Answer 6

Add namspace

using System.Net.Mail;

        try
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                visitorBAL = new VisitorBAL();
                result = visitorBAL.AddVisitor(visitorModel);
                if (result)
                {
                    string body = body;
                    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
                    mail.From = new MailAddress("abc@gmail.com");
                    mail.To.Add(model.Email);
                    mail.Subject = "Sample Detail";
                    mail.Body = body;
                    SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
                    smtp.EnableSsl = true;
                    smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
                    smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("abc@gmail.com", "asdda3232d");
                    smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
                    smtp.Port = 587;
                    smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
                    smtp.Send(mail);
                 }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
           throw;
        }