How to send E-Mail using SPUtility.SendEmail

SharePoint SPUtility class has SendEmail method which is used to send email to any email address. By default, SPUtility.SendEmail() method picks the 'From address' from Outgoing E-Mail Settings in Central administration. Use SPUtility.IsEmailServerSet method to check if server is configured with SMTP mail settings.

Here is a C# Example for sending E-mail using SPUtility.SendEmail:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;

using System.IO;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;

using System.Collections.Specialized;

 

namespace HideUserInfo

{

    class SendEMail

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

 

            using (SPSite oSPSite = new SPSite("https://sharepoint.com"))  //Site collection URL

            {

                using (SPWeb oSPWeb = oSPSite.OpenWeb("News"))  //Subsite URL

                {

                    StringDictionary headers = new StringDictionary();

 

                    headers.Add("from", "sender@domain.com");

                    headers.Add("to", "receiver@domain.com");

                    headers..add("bcc","SharePointAdmin@domain.com");

                    headers.Add("subject", "Welcome to the SharePoint");

                    headers.Add("fAppendHtmlTag","True"); //To enable HTML format

 

                    System.Text.StringBuilder strMessage = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

                    strMessage.Append("Message from CEO:");

                    

                    strMessage.Append("<span style='color:red;'> Make sure you have completed the survey! </span>");

                    SPUtility.SendEmail(oSPWeb, headers, strMessage.ToString());

 

                }

            }

        }

    }

}