Stream as an Attachment to System.Net.Mail is 0 bytes

Question

I\'ve got a project where I\'m using a PDF generator to send a file to a user. We\'d like to give the user the option to attach this file to an email instead, and we\'re having

Answer 1

A guess... Back dat stream up to the beginning before sending nit

// Set the position to the beginning of the stream.
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
mail.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(stream, "myPdf.pdf"));
mail.Send();

Answer 2

Have you tried saving the file and then attaching the file, rather than attempting to attach a stream?

added

The normal process here would be

1. Use the stream to create a file on disk

2. Attach the file to an email

3. Delete the file when done with it.