SmtpServer.AltBodyFile Property

Specifies a file to load the alternate body of the message from.

Property Value

A string that contains the fully qualified pathname that the body of the message is loaded from.

Remarks

If the file does not exist, an error will be returned and processing will stop. If the message body is not HTML, then the setting this property will have no effect because the message body will override the alternate body.

Example

[C#]
            public void Send()
            {
                 SmtpServer oSmtpDotNet = new SmtpServer();
             
                 // Set the remote server name.  If left blank, "localhost" is used.
                 oSmtpDotNet.ServerAddress = "mail.domain.com";
                  
                 // Message Addressing
                 oSmtpDotNet.ToAddress = "to@domain.com";
                 oSmtpDotNet.FromAddress = "from@domain.com";
             
                 // Set the message subject and body
                 oSmtpDotNet.Body = "This is the message";
                 oSmtpDotNet.Subject = "Routine email";
                  
                 // Set the alternate message body to the contents (html) found
                 // in the file C:\\temp\\body.txt
                 oSmtpDotNet.AltBodyFile = "C:\\temp\\body.txt";
            
                 ReturnCodes nRC = oSmtpDotNet.Send();
                 if ( nRC != ReturnCodes.SUCCESS )
                 {
                      Console.WriteLine("Error #"+nRC+" occurred.");
                      Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LastError);
                      Console.Write(oSmtpDotNet.LogFileToString(false));
                      return;
                 }
             
                 // Success!
                 Console.WriteLine("Success!");
            }
            

[VB]
            Public Function Send() As Integer
                 Dim oSmtpDotNet As New SmtpServer()
                 Dim nRC As ReturnCodes
            
                 ' Set the remote server name.  If left blank, "localhost" is used.
                 oSmtpDotNet.ServerAddress = "mail.domain.com"
                 
                 ' Message Addressing
                 oSmtpDotNet.FromAddress = "from@domain.com"
                 oSmtpDotNet.ToAddress = "to@domain.com"
            
                 ' Set the message subject and body
                 oSmtpDotNet.Subject = "Routine email"
                 oSmtpDotNet.Body = "This is a briefing of the financials"
            
                 ' Set the alternate message body to the contents (html) found
                 ' in the file C:\temp\body.txt
                 oSmtpDotNet.AltBodyFile = "C:\temp\body.txt"
            
                 ' Send the message.  Get the return code and store it in the variable
                 ' nRC.  Then check nRC for success or failure
                 nRC = oSmtpDotNet.Send()
                 If (nRC <> ReturnCodes.SUCCESS) Then
                     ' A problem occurred.
                     ' Write out the last error encountered
                     Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LastError)
                     ' Write out the log file contents
                     Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LogFileToString(False))
                     Exit Function
                 End If
            
                 ' Success!
                 Console.WriteLine("Message Sent!")
            End Function
            

See Also

SmtpServer Class | SmtpServer Members | SmtpDotNet Namespace