ASP.NET MVC Render to email

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I want to send a bunch of emails, and the obvious way to format them is to render a partial view and send that. The problem is that I'd like to do this in the background, so it isn't immediately obvious how to get access to the methods I need.

Since the job is kicked off by a controller, one thing I was thinking of was something like this:

public ActionResult SendEmails(){
  Task.Factory.StartNew(() => DoSendEmails(
      // pass in a formatting closure that has access to the 
      // controller's context
      delegate(EmailData) {
           return RenderPartialToString("view", EmailData);
      }
  ));
}

Will this work? Is there a better way?

Jon · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17 18:54:32Z

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Another option to consider is Postal. You can find a tutorial here to get started, or watch this video from MvcConf. You can send emails asynchronously using the Email.SendAsync() method.

edited Mar 17, 2011 at 18:54

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 18:43

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Scott Arrington · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17 18:58:55Z

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I wrote a project called ActionMailer.Net that allows you to generate emails from your MVC views. Give it a spin and let me know if you like it. I also wrote up some documentation and a nice screencast for the project. Cheers! :)

edited Mar 17, 2011 at 18:58

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 18:43

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Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17 18:42:03Z

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I would hyper strongly recommend you MvcMailer (note the Send Email Asynchronously section). You may also checkout Scott Hanslemann's blog post about it.

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 18:42

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