ASP.NET MVC Email

Question

Is their a solution to generate an email template using an ASP.NET MVC View without having to jump through hoops.

Let me elaborate jumping through hoops.

Answer 1

If you want simple text replacements, .NET has something for that:

        ListDictionary replacements = new ListDictionary();

        // Replace hard coded values with objects values
        replacements.Add("{USERNAME}", "NewUser");            
        replacements.Add("{SITE_URL}", "http://yourwebsite.com");
        replacements.Add("{SITE_NAME}", "My site's name");

        string FromEmail= "from@yourwebsite.com";
        string ToEmail = "newuser@gmail.com";

        //Create MailDefinition
        MailDefinition md = new MailDefinition();

        //specify the location of template
        md.BodyFileName = "~/Templates/Email/Welcome.txt";
        md.IsBodyHtml = true;
        md.From = FromEmail;
        md.Subject = "Welcome to youwebsite.com ";

        System.Web.UI.Control ctrl = new System.Web.UI.Control { ID = "IDontKnowWhyThisIsRequiredButItWorks" };

        MailMessage message = md.CreateMailMessage(ToEmail , replacements, ctrl);

        //Send the message
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();

        client.Send(message);

And the Welcome.txt file

    Welcome - {SITE_NAME}

    

    Thank you for registering at {SITE_NAME}

    

    Your account is activated and ready to go! 

    To login, visit {SITE_NAME} and use the following credentials:
    

    username: {USERNAME}

    password: use the password you registered with
    

    


    - {SITE_NAME} Team

Again, this is only good for simple string replacements. If you plan emailing more data, you would need to format it properly then replace it.