When sending an SMTP email, why do I get the message “property cannot be assigned”?

Problem

I’m not sure why this code isn’t functioning. When I try to assign a property, I get an error message that says it can’t be done.

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();            
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
mail.To = "user@hotmail.com"; // <-- this one
mail.From = "you@yourcompany.com";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);

Asked by Sam Stephenson

Solution #1

mail. to as well as mail They’re read-only. Transfer them to the builder.

using System.Net.Mail;

...

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("you@yourcompany.com", "user@hotmail.com");
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);

Answered by MRB

Solution #2

This :

mail.To = "user@hotmail.com";

Should be:

mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("user@hotmail.com"));

Answered by Mithrandir

Solution #3

I was finally able to get to work:)

using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Text;

...

// Command line argument must the the SMTP host.
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 587;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Timeout = 10000;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user@gmail.com","password");

MailMessage mm = new MailMessage("donotreply@domain.com", "sendtomyemail@domain.co.uk", "test", "test");
mm.BodyEncoding = UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
mm.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;

client.Send(mm);

Sorry for the previous misspelling.

Answered by Sam Stephenson

Solution #4

public static void SendMail(MailMessage Message)
{
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
    client.Host = "smtp.googlemail.com";
    client.Port = 587;
    client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
    client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
    client.EnableSsl = true;
    client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("myemail@gmail.com", "password");
    client.Send(Message); 
}

Answered by Mnyikka

Solution #5

For me, this is how it works. I hope you find it beneficial.

MailMessage objeto_mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.Host = "smtp.internal.mycompany.com";
client.Timeout = 10000;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user", "Password");
objeto_mail.From = new MailAddress("from@server.com");
objeto_mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("to@server.com"));
objeto_mail.Subject = "Password Recover";
objeto_mail.Body = "Message";
client.Send(objeto_mail);

Answered by user2332898

Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9201239/why-do-i-get-property-cannot-be-assigned-when-sending-an-smtp-email