<mailSettings> Element (Network Settings)

Configures mail sending options.

<configuration> Element
  <system.net> Element (Network Settings)
    <mailSettings> Element (Network Settings)

<mailSettings
  <smtp> … </smtp>
/mailsettings>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Parent Elements

Example

The following code example specifies the appropriate SMTP parameters to send e-mail using the default network credentials.

<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="network">
        <network
          host="localhost"
          port="25"
          defaultCredentials="true"
        />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>
</configuration>

See Also

Reference

Network Settings Schema

SmtpClient