How to do a web.config transform for smtp?

Question

I have this in my root web.config

 <mailSettings>
     <smtp from="no-reply@test.com" deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory">
         <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="C:\temp"/>
         <network host="localhost"/>
     </smtp>
 </mailSettings>

Of course when I put this to my hosting server I don't want it to be saving to the harddrive I want it to send out the emails.

So I would have something like this

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
    <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
      <network host="smtp.mysite.com" userName="myuser" password="mypassword" />
    </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
</system.net>

How could I put this in my web.release.config? Should I just do a replace of the mailSettings. I am not sure really how to the transforms yet.

score 66 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '11 at 16:29

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Add xdt:Transform="Replace" to your .release

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
    <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" xdt:Transform="Replace">
      <network host="smtp.mysite.com" userName="myuser" password="mypassword" />
    </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
</system.net>

answered Dec 14 '11 at 16:29

VinnyG

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Octopus deploy is not able to run this transform. it only does for appSettings and connectionStrings. Do you know if this works for Octopus deploy? – Shaan Feb 10 '16 at 15:21
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Octopus deploy is now able to perform this transformation, just tested it – Ben D Feb 10 '20 at 08:51

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '20 at 04:26

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You could use web.config transformation in asp.net 4

you would write a transformation rule to match a local rule to be replaced when you are publishing your website in a specific transformation

there is some great information on this here

http://blog.hmobius.com/post/2010/02/17/ASPNET-40-Part-4-Config-Transformation-Files.aspx (Archived version)

edited Nov 15 '20 at 04:26

DecimalTurn

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answered Mar 28 '11 at 21:12

stack72

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sorry yes I am aware of transformation I was wondering how to do it. I will look into that article. – chobo2 Mar 28 '11 at 21:58
@chobo2 the article does contain how to do it, so kindly accept @stack72 asnwer – Korayem Jun 20 '11 at 11:53
The linked page does have the answer. – Jason Sep 11 '11 at 04:39
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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – jonrsharpe Nov 11 '14 at 20:06
aaaand the link is now dead. As predicted. – markpsmith Oct 17 '17 at 12:52

How to do a web.config transform for smtp?

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