Windows Service ( Emailing )

[Simon]

Hello all

Sorry if this has been disscussed before but i can't find ref/examples

I have a service that works based on the time of day , it looks into my db
and creates a few more records etc BUT i need it to email the results.

This is where i am having trouble , does anyone know how to send EMAIL from
within a service.

Simon

 

[Guest]

System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail will work. You need the following:

1. Service running under an account with rights to email
2. An SMTP server to send mail
3. Rights for the SMTP server to forward, if going through a corporate email
server, for example

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Gregory A. Beamer
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[Vadym Stetsyak]

Hello, Simon!

S> Sorry if this has been disscussed before but i can't find ref/examples

S> I have a service that works based on the time of day , it looks into my
S> db and creates a few more records etc BUT i need it to email the
S> results.

S> This is where i am having trouble , does anyone know how to send EMAIL
S> from within a service.

Take a look at SmtpClient class ( .NET 2.0 ). Since you want send mail from service you have to think about authentication, if your service is working under system account. SmtpClient class has Credentials property that you can use to put credentials into.

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