How to send mails to multiple reciepients from web application?

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I have developed a asp.net Mvc 4 project and now i am planing to integrate a Mail system in my application.Initially i taught like integrating mail System in my existing web application but later i moved it to a console application using Scheduler to send mail at some time interval.

My scenario is like i have a list of mail ids and i need to send mail to all these mail ids . I have checked System.Web.Mail and i found i can only give one email address at a time. Is it possible in System.Web.Mail or is there any other library available to achieve my scenario.

possible duplicate of [Unable to send an email to multiple addresses/recipients using C#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3209129/unable-to-send-an-email-to-multiple-addresses-recipients-using-c-sharp) — abatishchev, Feb 27 '14 at 05:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 05:44

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To in System.Net.Mail is a MailAddressCollection,so you can add how many addresses you need.

MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
msg.To.Add(...);
msg.To.Add(...);

answered Feb 27 '14 at 05:44

Cris

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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Chris's answer is correct but you may want to also consider using a mail service. Here are some you could try - they all have a free tier to get started on.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Feb 27 '14 at 05:49

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I second this suggestion. In the first mail system I ever incorporated into an application, I used a local SMTP server. This resulted in some deliverability issues, mostly false-positive spam flagging. Let some other service do the job, you just send them the email addresses and the content. Amazon SES is a dirt cheap option that more or less functions like a 3rd party SMTP server, so there is almost no integration work to be done... quick and easy. – Gadget27 Feb 27 '14 at 06:28
@Gadget27 - Thanks, I've added a link to Amazon SES – Geoff Appleford Feb 27 '14 at 07:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 07:33

You can easily sent emails to more than one recipient. Here is a sample that uses a SMTP server to send an email to multiple addreses:

//using System.Net.Mail;

public void SendEmail(){

    MailMessage email = new MailMessage();

    email.To.Add("first@email.com");
    email.To.Add("second@email.com");
    email.To.Add("third@email.com");

    email.From = new MailAddress("me@email.com");

    string smtpHost = "your.SMTP.host";
    int smtpPort = 25;

    using(SmtpClient mailClient = new SmtpClient(smtpHost, smtpPort)){
        mailClient.Send(email);
    }
}

Just a note: if you go with SMTP, you should probably have a look also on MSDN for the SmtpClient.Send method, just to be sure you are catching any related exceptions.

How to send mails to multiple reciepients from web application?

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