Is it Possible to Send an Email from XNA?

Question

I'm using XNA to develop a game and I need to send a confirmation email from my game. Is it possible to send an email from XNA? If so, please post example code.

Answer 1

The System.net.mail namespace should do you fine. Use SmtpClient to connect to a mail server and then MailMessage to actually create the message.

Answer 2

It is impossible to send emails from the XNA Framework if your game is running on the Xbox 360. There is no Internet access allowed on the Xbox 360 - all network traffic goes through Xbox LIVE or System Link. There is also (consequently) no API for sending emails included in the Xbox 360 XNA Framework.

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If your game is running under Windows, you can include a reference to System.Net.Mail and then use SmtpClient and MailMessage to send an email. For example:

MailMessage message = new MailMessage(
    "[email protected]",                // From
    "[email protected]",             // To
    "Email Message",                     // Subject
    "Hello!");                           // Body

SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.example.com");
client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;

client.Send(message);

For more information, see the examples on MSDN.