Sending a mail as both HTML and Plain Text in .net

Question

I\'m sending mail from my C# Application, using the SmtpClient. Works great, but I have to decide if I want to send the mail as Plain Text or HTML. I wonder, is there a way

Answer 1

On top of using AlternateViews views to add both the html and the plain text view, make sure you are not also setting the body of the Mail Message object.

// do not do this: 
var msg = new MailMessage(model.From, model.To);
msg.Body = compiledHtml;  

As it will make your email contain the html content in both views, overriding the alternative views.