Mail settings in Web.config

Question

Is it possible to set a "to" attribute in the mailSettings element in the Web.config file?

Answer 1

No, it isn't

Here is the docs for mailSettings: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w355a94k.aspx

Set the default "to" in an AppSetting instead and use that from you mail sending logic.

This is an example taken from the msdn docs:

<mailSettings>
  <smtp deliveryMethod="network" from="[email protected]">
    <network
      host="localhost"
      port="25"
      defaultCredentials="true"
    />
  </smtp>
</mailSettings>

Answer 2

You can add a Key

   <appSettings>
    <add key="EmailToAddress" value="[email protected]"/> 

</appSettings>

And from your codebehind you can get it like this

var toAddress= ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["EmailToAddress"];