MailboxAddress can't be created using variables (C#)

Question

I am creating an android application using Xamarin on Visual Studio 2017. I am trying to run an automated email feature that sends emails when a user registers an account with my application. I am using the NuGet package MailKit for this.

var mailSender = new MailboxAddress("useremail@gmail.com");

When I use this code, it creates the MailboxAddress perfectly fine and I can send an email to the address I have specified without any errors. However when I use this code:

string email = getEmail.Text;
var mailSender = new MailboxAddress(email);

I am going into break mode with an unhandled exception. The variable email definitely has a value in it which I have inspected whilst debugging.

Any idea as to why it wouldn't let me create this object using a variable instead of a hard coded string?

Thanks

It seems to parse the address and [throw an exception](https://github.com/jstedfast/MimeKit/blob/master/MimeKit/MailboxAddress.cs#L207) if it isn't correct. What is te value you're trying to stick in there? — Gerald Versluis, Nov 28 '17 at 12:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 15:11

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The MailboxAddress .ctor that takes only a single string is meant to only accept "user@domain"-style addresses. If you plan to pass in user-entered text, then you need to use MailboxAddress.Parse()

answered Nov 28 '17 at 15:11

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