Below is an example of how to send an email to a public or private smtp.

' ' This code was borrowed from http://www.viiweb.com and is free to use without ' warranties or guarantees. ' Imports System.Net.Mail Public Sub sendEmail(ByVal strSMTPHost As String, ByVal strFrom As String, ByVal strTo As String, ByVal strSubject As String, ByVal strMessage As String) Dim client As New SmtpClient(strSMTPHost) 'your smtp server Dim strTemp As String Try client.Send(strFrom, strTo, strSubject, strMessage) ' block call Catch ex As Exception Throw ex End Try End Sub ' sub to handle sending email that need to authenticate with the smtp server Public Sub sendEmailAuth(ByVal strSMTPHost As String, ByVal strUserName As String, ByVal strPassword As String, ByVal strFrom As String, ByVal strTo As String, ByVal strSubject As String, ByVal strMessage As String) Dim strTemp As String Dim client As New SmtpClient(strSMTPHost) 'your smtp server client.UseDefaultCredentials = False client.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential(strUserName, strPassword) 'Your username and password to login client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network Dim Mail As New MailMessage(strFrom, strTo, strSubject, strMessage) Mail.IsBodyHtml = False Try client.Send(Mail) ' block call Catch ex As Exception Throw ex End Try End Sub

  Tested Platform: Visual Studio .Net 2003