How to send html - css email in MVC 4?

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In my website, I need to send a data table to the client via email. I want the table in a good format. I've heard that inline style doesn't work on Outlook so I think about CSS.

I have no idea about how to do this. Using Append method in the StringBuilder class is my only choice. Could you tell me a better way to achieve what I want? Thank you so much.

You heard incorrectly. CSS doesn't work on Gmail; you need to use inline styles. — SLaks
– SLaks, Commented May 7, 2013 at 14:27
Really? :( Yah, so do you have a better way to write email content, besides using StringBuilder? — Triet Doan
– Triet Doan, Commented May 7, 2013 at 14:29
You may have a couple of options, but I'm not sure what you mean by StringBuilder being your only choice. How are you sending the email? Are you using the MailMessage object? If you control the outgoing mail message you may be able to add a CSS "file" as a LinkedResource to that message and reference it accordingly. Inline styles may be easier, though. — David
– David, Commented May 7, 2013 at 14:29
I mean how write email content effectively. I don't want to concatenate string. — Triet Doan
– Triet Doan, Commented May 7, 2013 at 14:31
@Forte_201092: That's a completely different question than the one you asked. What's wrong with concatenating strings to build other strings? Is there a particular reason you don't want to do it? An option there could be to store a template somewhere which can be used in a plain old string.Format() and then just populate the template with values. — David
– David, Commented May 7, 2013 at 14:33

Volodymyr Machula · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07 14:30:38Z

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You could use MvcMailer for this purpose. It helps composing Email body using regular ASP.NET MVC views

answered May 7, 2013 at 14:30

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Triet Doan Over a year ago

Is that a third-party library? Thanks, I'll take a look :)

Volodymyr Machula Over a year ago

Yes, it is. It's very convenient way to create email bodies

Triet Doan Over a year ago

It works! That's great. But I still have one more question. With MvcMailer, I can send a hard-code page. I want to display the mail, then the admin can write some extra thing, click "Send", and everything goes. Do you know how to do that?

SLaks Over a year ago

@Forte_201092: Pass a model to your Razor email template.

Triet Doan Over a year ago

I don't understand the work of MvcMailer. How can it know which view to send, if we just specify the view's name? If I want to send the Index view in the Home controller, what should I do?

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