can i detect the senders email

[tango1948]

Hi,
Using MailMessage to send email can I detect the senders default email address for MailMessage.From without the sender having to enter it?

 

[ca8msm]

That really depends on whether you already hold their email address or not...


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Mark,
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[tango1948]

When the user sends an email using his email provider he doesnt need to enter his email address, so I was wondering if he sends an email thru an app. using the MailMessage if its possible to get the address from his email provider

 

[ca8msm]

And how would you know who his email provider was?


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Mark,
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[tango1948]

.net has alot of functions for interogating the clients system - checking which operating system or if a file exists for example, so I thought that the mailmessage function might include the possibility of retrieving the senders address.
Thanks for your time

David

 

[ca8msm]

.net has alot of functions for interogating the clients system - checking which operating system or if a file exists for example

Really? In an web application that runs server side code (such as ASP.NET), any code you run will check the server, not the client so "checking which operating system or if a file exists" will not check the user's machine.

I'm not sure where you think this email address is going to appear from - if I visit your website how could you possibly know my email address unless I had told you what it was?


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Mark,
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[tango1948]

OK I understand excuse my ignorance I stand corrected thanks for your help