Re: System.Web.Mail.Smtp namespace

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"Shawn" <TechniShawn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1120169320.871829.89400
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> You can use a networkstream, a streamreader and a tcpClient to open a
> connection to your smtp server and communicate with it directly. I
> don't need to send attachments though so I don't have any experience
> with that.

This is a very bad idea. SMTP base protocol is very simple, but with authenticatino, EHELO, and other
extensions user code is quickly broken.

You can try something like Indy, which is free and implements all of this:
http://www.indyproject.org/


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