How to send an email with attachments using SmtpClient.SendAsync?

Question

I am using a service component through ASP.NET MVC. I would like to send the email in a asynchronous way to let the user do other stuff without having to wait for the sendin

Answer 1

An extension to the Solution supplied in the original question also correctly cleans up an attachments that may also require disposal.

    public event EventHandler EmailSendCancelled = delegate { };

    public event EventHandler EmailSendFailure = delegate { };

    public event EventHandler EmailSendSuccess = delegate { };
    ...

        MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
        try
        {
            thisReport.ExportToPdf(mem);

            // Create a new attachment and put the PDF report into it.
            mem.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);
            //Attachment att = new Attachment(mem, "MyOutputFileName.pdf", "application/pdf");
            Attachment messageAttachment = new Attachment(mem, thisReportName, "application/pdf");

            // Create a new message and attach the PDF report to it.
            MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
            message.Attachments.Add(messageAttachment);

            // Specify sender and recipient options for the e-mail message.
            message.From = new MailAddress(NOES.Properties.Settings.Default.FromEmailAddress, NOES.Properties.Settings.Default.FromEmailName);
            message.To.Add(new MailAddress(toEmailAddress, NOES.Properties.Settings.Default.ToEmailName));

            // Specify other e-mail options.
            //mail.Subject = thisReport.ExportOptions.Email.Subject;
            message.Subject = subject;
            message.Body = body;

            // Send the e-mail message via the specified SMTP server.
            SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
            smtp.SendCompleted += SmtpSendCompleted;
            smtp.SendAsync(message, message);
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            if (mem != null)
            {
                mem.Dispose();
                mem.Close();
            }
            throw;
        }
    }

    private void SmtpSendCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        var message = e.UserState as MailMessage;
        if (message != null)
        {
            foreach (var attachment in message.Attachments)
            {
                if (attachment != null)
                {
                    attachment.Dispose();
                }
            }
            message.Dispose();
        }
        if (e.Cancelled)
            EmailSendCancelled?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
        else if (e.Error != null)
        {
            EmailSendFailure?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
            throw e.Error;
        }
        else
            EmailSendSuccess?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }