How to: Accessing config file mail settings programmatically

The. NET Framework 2.0 provides APIs for accessing settings in a configuration file. Here's how you access the mail settings of a Config File programmatically:

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  using  system. configuration;  using  system. web. configuration;  using  system. net. configuration; configuration configurationfile = webconfigurationmanager. openwebconfiguration ( "pathtoconfigfile" ); mailsettingssectiongroup mailsettings = configurationfile. getsectiongroup ( "system.net/mailsettings" )  as  mailsettingssectiongroup;  If  (mailsettings! =  null ) { int  Port = mailsettings. SMTP. network. port;  string  host = mailsettings. SMTP. network. host;  string  Password = mailsettings. SMTP. network. password;  string  username = mailsettings. SMTP. network. username ;}
 
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 Imports System. Configuration Imports System. Web. Configuration Imports System. net. Configuration Dim Configurationfile As Configuration = webconfigurationmanager. openwebconfiguration ( "Pathtoconfigfile" ) Dim Mailsettings As Mailsettingssectiongroup = configurationfile. getsectiongroup ( "System.net/mailsettings" ) If   Not Mailsettings Is   Nothing   Then           Dim Port As   Integer = Mailsettings. SMTP. Network. Port Dim Host As   String = Mailsettings. SMTP. Network. Host Dim Password As   String = Mailsettings. SMTP. Network. Password Dim Username As   String = Mailsettings. SMTP. Network. Username End If