Send email with MailKit in .NET

.NET Framework used to use SmtpClient, which read this from the app.config/web.config file:

<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod=”Network”>
<network host=”my-host”
port=”587″
userName=”my-user”…


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.NET Framework used to use SmtpClient, which read this from the app.config/web.config file:

<mailSettings>
    <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
      <network host="my-host" 
               port="587" 
               userName="my-user"
               password="my-password" 
               enableSsl="true"
               defaultCredentials="false" 
      />
    </smtp>
</mailSettings>

Microsoft has deprecated SmtpClient, and they recommend a library like MailKit.

MailKit is a little more verbose than the old way, but it's still reasonably straightforward. Here's how to use it:


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Joe Enos


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