How to access my “Outgoing E-Mail Settings” from code?

Question

Is it possible for me to pull the values that are in:

Central Admin -> System Settings -> Configure outgoing e-mail settings

from my code behind using the object model?

Answer 1

Make sure that you have already configured the “Outgoing e-mail settings”.

//Get the site ID
Guid siteID = SPContext.Current.Site.ID;
protected string GetSMTPHostName()
{
    using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteID))
    {
      //Get the SMTP host name from “Outgoing e-mail settings”
      return site.WebApplication.OutboundMailServiceInstance.Parent.Name;
    }
}
protected string GetFromEmailID()
{
    using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteID))
    {
      //Get the “from email address” from “Outgoing e-mail settings”
      return site.WebApplication.OutboundMailSenderAddress;

    }
}

   //you can also get other properties similarly...

Answer 2

Yes, look for properties of SPAdministrationWebApplication, you can access it using SPAdministrationWebApplication.Local. Properties are:

OutboundMailCodePage

OutboundMailReplyToAddress

OutboundMailSenderAddress

OutboundMailServiceInstance

OutboundSmsServiceAccount

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Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration

Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

If you want to update the settings, you need to call UpdateMailSettings method.