EmailMessage.Connect Method 

Open's the mail server network connection.

Remarks

This method can be used for manually opening the SMTP connection, sending numerous emails, and then closing the SMTP connection by calling .Disconnect()

Example

[C#]
            EmailMessage msg = new EmailMessage( "mail.myCompany.com");
            msg.FromAddress = "me@myCompany.com";
            msg.To = "You@YourCompany.com";
            
            //connect to the mail server
            msg.Connect();
            
            //send the email messages,without disconnecting
            for( int i=0;i<10;i++)
            {
            	//reset any email properties
            	//msg.To = ...
            	//msg.Subject = ....
            	//msg.Body = ...
            
            	//as an example, number the subject and body
            	msg.Subject = "email number " + i.ToString();
            	msg.Body = "these are the email contents for number " + i.ToString();
            
            	msg.Send( false, false );
            }
            
            //disconnect from the mail server
            msg.Disconnect();
            
            

[VB.NET]
            Dim msg As New EmailMessage("mail.myCompany.com")
            
            msg.FromAddress = "me@myCompany.com"
            msg.To = "You@YourCompany.com"
            
            'connect to the mail server
            msg.Connect()
            
            'send the email messages,without disconnecting
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To 9
               'reset any email properties
               'msg.To = ...
               'msg.Subject = ....
               'msg.Body = ...
               'as an example, number the subject and body
               msg.Subject = "email number " + i.ToString()
               msg.Body = "these are the email contents for number " + i.ToString()
               
               msg.Send(False, False)
            Next i
            
            'disconnect from the mail server
            msg.Disconnect()
            
            

See Also

EmailMessage Class | aspNetEmail Namespace