// Option 1 - using SmtpClient to send the email
// http://www.aspheute.com/english/20000918.asp
// http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/12/16/432854.aspx
// https://community.rackspace.com/products/f/18/t/4229 - via Mailgun
public bool SendUsingSmtpClient(Entities.Email email)
{
try
{
var mailMessage = new MailMessage
{
From = new MailAddress(email.FromEmail, email.FromName, Encoding.UTF8),
Subject = email.Subject,
IsBodyHtml = true,
Body = email.Message,
Priority = MailPriority.Normal,
};
mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(email.ToEmail, email.ToName, Encoding.UTF8));
using (var client = new SmtpClient())
{
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.Host = "smtp.mailgun.org";
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("*****@*****.**", "password-goes-here");
client.Send(mailMessage);
}
return(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// TODO: log exception
return(false);
}
}
// Option 2 - using Mailgun's API (preferred)
// https://documentation.mailgun.com/wrappers.html#c
public bool SendUsingMailgunAPI(Entities.Email email)
{
try
{
// TODO
return(false);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// TODO: log exception
return(false);
}
}