Sending email with attachments from C#, attachments arrive as Part 1.2 in Thunderbird

Solution 1:

Simple code to send email with attachement.

source: http://www.coding-issues.com/2012/11/sending-email-with-attachments-from-c.html

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Mail;

public void email_send()
{
    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
    SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
    mail.From = new MailAddress("your [email protected]");
    mail.To.Add("[email protected]");
    mail.Subject = "Test Mail - 1";
    mail.Body = "mail with attachment";

    System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
    attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("c:/textfile.txt");
    mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);

    SmtpServer.Port = 587;
    SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("your [email protected]", "your password");
    SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;

    SmtpServer.Send(mail);

}

Solution 2:

Explicitly filling in the ContentDisposition fields did the trick.

if (attachmentFilename != null)
{
    Attachment attachment = new Attachment(attachmentFilename, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
    ContentDisposition disposition = attachment.ContentDisposition;
    disposition.CreationDate = File.GetCreationTime(attachmentFilename);
    disposition.ModificationDate = File.GetLastWriteTime(attachmentFilename);
    disposition.ReadDate = File.GetLastAccessTime(attachmentFilename);
    disposition.FileName = Path.GetFileName(attachmentFilename);
    disposition.Size = new FileInfo(attachmentFilename).Length;
    disposition.DispositionType = DispositionTypeNames.Attachment;
    message.Attachments.Add(attachment);                
}

BTW, in case of Gmail, you may have some exceptions about ssl secure or even port!

smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
smtpClient.Port = 587;

Solution 3:

Here is a simple mail sending code with attachment

try  
{  
    SmtpClient mailServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);  
    mailServer.EnableSsl = true;  

    mailServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "mypassword");  

    string from = "[email protected]";  
    string to = "[email protected]";  
    MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(from, to);  
    msg.Subject = "Enter the subject here";  
    msg.Body = "The message goes here.";
    msg.Attachments.Add(new Attachment("D:\\myfile.txt"));
    mailServer.Send(msg);  
}  
catch (Exception ex)  
{  
    Console.WriteLine("Unable to send email. Error : " + ex);  
}

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Solution 4:

Completing the solution of Ranadheer, using Server.MapPath to locate the file

System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
attachment = New System.Net.Mail.Attachment(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/hello.pdf"));
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);

Solution 5:

private void btnSent_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
        SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");

        mail.From = new MailAddress(txtAcc.Text);
        mail.To.Add(txtToAdd.Text);
        mail.Subject = txtSub.Text;
        mail.Body = txtContent.Text;
        System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
        attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(txtAttachment.Text);
        mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);

        SmtpServer.Port = 587;
        SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(txtAcc.Text, txtPassword.Text);

        SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;

        SmtpServer.Send(mail);
        MessageBox.Show("mail send");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
    }
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
    System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
    attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(openFileDialog1.FileName);
    mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);
    txtAttachment.Text =Convert.ToString (openFileDialog1.FileName);
}