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bluejaguar456

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Hello everybody

i am a bit stuck at the moment i have want to create a program that sends e-mails to a specified e-mail address, my mother doesnt have a clue on how to send e-mails so i am creating her an email program where she types then presses a btton and it sends to me,

my e-mail address is a hotmail account

is there anyway of sending an e-mail on the click of a button from a windows form?

thankyou in advance
 
This looks promising, though I only skimmed it. I think there might also be some libraries from the .Net Framework you can use for this.

Let's face it, though. The easiest way would be for you to sit down with your mom and teach her the basics of Outlook Express. That is my recommendation.

Or, you could even download an instant message client and use that for communication instead of email if you wanted something really easy. Just download it and put your name in her buddy list and you'll be good to go.
 
mskeel said:
This looks promising, though I only skimmed it. I think there might also be some libraries from the .Net Framework you can use for this.

Let's face it, though. The easiest way would be for you to sit down with your mom and teach her the basics of Outlook Express. That is my recommendation.

Or, you could even download an instant message client and use that for communication instead of email if you wanted something really easy. Just download it and put your name in her buddy list and you'll be good to go.
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i could do that but i need it simple,

is there anyway that i can send an e-mail to a hotmail account?

i cannot find anything on the internet.

thanks
 
Sending mail to a hotmail account is just like sending mail to any other account. Do you mean through or using a hotmail account?
 
Malfunction said:
but you do have some kind of email account set up for your mom?
because otherwise you'd need your own smtp server.

i'd justsetup some freemailaccount and use the SmtpClient class that comes with .Net. You create a SmtpServer instance using the account data of your freemail account.

look at this posting:
http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=96302&highlight=smtp
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yes i have set up a hotmail account for my mom but i need to know the smtp server address for hotmail does anyone know it?
 
There may be other problems, though, depending on your ISP. Some ISP's are blocking the ability to send mail through outside SMTP servers (for residential accounts at least). Instead you have to send through the mail server your ISP provides. Just trying to give you a heads up for another problem you might run into while putting this together. I'm not saying you're going to have this problem, but just in case...

The ISP blocks sending through third party mail servers in an attempt to stop spammers from sending spam from within their zone of responsibility. If the spammers try to send spam through the ISP's mail server, they can more easily shut it down.
 
I have run into the same Problem MSKeel. It's very annoying, gotta reconfigure outlook everytime I go to a new Wi-Fi spot.... to my post..

I know several large ISPs do this

Comcast - Forces Use of Comcast Servers
Cox Communications - Forces use of their Servers
SBC - blocks port 25 unless you 'opt-out'

I'm sure there are many more too.
 
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