Send Multiple InMemory Attachments Using FileUpload Controls

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Published on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:16:11 GMT Indexed on 2011/02/09 23:26 UTC
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I wanted to give users an ability to send multiple attachments from the web application. I did not want anything fancy, just a few FileUpload controls on the page and then send the email. So I dropped five FileUpload controls on the web page and created a function to send email with multiple attachments.
Here’s the code:
public static void SendMail(string fromAddress, string toAddress, string subject, string body, HttpFileCollection fileCollection)
    {
        // CREATE THE MailMessage OBJECT
        MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
 
        // SET ADDRESSES
        mail.From = new MailAddress(fromAddress);
        mail.To.Add(toAddress);
 
        // SET CONTENT
        mail.Subject = subject;
        mail.Body = body;
        mail.IsBodyHtml = false;
              
        // ATTACH FILES FROM HttpFileCollection
        for (int i = 0; i < fileCollection.Count; i++)
        {
            HttpPostedFile file = fileCollection[i];
            if (file.ContentLength > 0)
            {
                Attachment attachment = new Attachment(file.InputStream, Path.GetFileName(file.FileName));
                mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);
            }
        }
 
        // SEND MESSAGE
        SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
        smtp.Send(mail);
    }
And here’s how you call the method:
protected void uxSendMail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        HttpFileCollection fileCollection = Request.Files;
        string fromAddress = "[email protected]";
        string toAddress = "[email protected]";
        string subject = "Multiple Mail Attachment Test";
        string body = "Mail Attachments Included";
        HelperClass.SendMail(fromAddress, toAddress, subject, body, fileCollection);       
    }

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