How to send email using default email client?

Question

I want to send an email from a .net windows forms application using the system\'s default email client (thunderbird, outlook, etc.). I\'d like to preset the subject and body

Answer 1

If you are working in a MS Windows environment only then you can use MAPI32.DLL. A managed wrapper can be found here:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/SendFileToNET.aspx

Code looks like this:

MAPI mapi = new MAPI();
mapi.AddAttachment("c:\\temp\\file1.txt");
mapi.AddAttachment("c:\\temp\\file2.txt");
mapi.AddRecipientTo("person1@somewhere.com");
mapi.AddRecipientTo("person2@somewhere.com");
mapi.SendMailPopup("testing", "body text");

// Or if you want try and do a direct send without displaying the mail dialog
// mapi.SendMailDirect("testing", "body text");