Do we need to dispose or terminate a thread in C# after usage?

Question

I have the following code:

        public static void Send(this MailMessage email)     {         if (!isInitialized)             Initialize(false);         //smtpClient.SendAsync(email, "");         email.IsBodyHtml = true;          Thread mailThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(             (o) =>              {                 var m = o as MailMessage;                  SmtpClient client= new SmtpClient("smtpserveraddress");                 client.Send(m);              }));         mailThread.Start(email); 

I want the mail sending to be done in the background without interfering with the main thread. I do not care when it is finished.

Do I need to somehow handle the dispose of the created thread (mailThread)? Or does it automatically dispose when it finishes its job?

Please do not recommend the SendAsync method. I would like to create the thread manually. Mail.Send was only an example scenario.

Thank you.

Answer 1

NO!

there is no need to dispose the Thread object (BTW, the Thread class does not provide the Dispose method).