How to sent email as async in C#?

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Here's a clean and async MailService class implementation that wraps your mail-sending logic. This is a modern, reusable class using
System.Net.Mail, ideal for dependency injection or standalone usage.
MailService.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
public class MailResponse
{
    public bool IsSend { get; set; }
    public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
}
public class MailService
{
    private readonly string _smtpServer;
    private readonly int _smtpPort;
    private readonly string _smtpUsername;
    private readonly string _smtpPassword;
    private readonly bool _enableSsl;
    public MailService(string smtpServer, int smtpPort, string smtpUsername, string smtpPassword, bool enableSsl)
    {
        _smtpServer = smtpServer;
        _smtpPort = smtpPort;
        _smtpUsername = smtpUsername;
        _smtpPassword = smtpPassword;
        _enableSsl = enableSsl;
    }
    public async Taskandlt;MailResponseandgt; SendMailAsync(
        string to,
        string from,
        string subject,
        string mailBody,
        string portalName,
        string cc = null,
        string bcc = null,
        IListandlt;stringandgt; attachments = null)
    {
        var response = new MailResponse();
        if (!Validate())
        {
            response.IsSend = false;
            response.ErrorMessage = "Validation failed.";
            return response;
        }
        try
        {
            mailBody = mailBody.Replace("
", "
").Replace("
", "
");
            using (var mail = new MailMessage())
            {
                mail.From = new MailAddress(from.Trim(), portalName);
                mail.Subject = subject.Trim();
                mail.Body = mailBody.Trim();
                mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
                foreach (var address in to.Split(new[] { ';', ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                    mail.To.Add(address.Trim());
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cc))
                {
                    foreach (var address in cc.Split(new[] { ';', ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                        mail.CC.Add(address.Trim());
                }
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(bcc))
                {
                    foreach (var address in bcc.Split(new[] { ';', ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                        mail.Bcc.Add(address.Trim());
                }
                if (attachments != null)
                {
                    foreach (var filePath in attachments)
                        mail.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(filePath));
                }
                using (var smtp = new SmtpClient(_smtpServer, _smtpPort))
                {
                    smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(_smtpUsername, _smtpPassword);
                    smtp.EnableSsl = _enableSsl;
                    await smtp.SendMailAsync(mail);
                    response.IsSend = true;
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            response.IsSend = false;
            response.ErrorMessage = $"Exception while sending mail:
{ex.Message}";
            MSError.Trace(ex); // Optional: your custom error logger
        }
        return response;
    }
    private bool Validate()
    {
        // Your existing validation logic
        return true;
    }
}
Now call it
var mailService = new MailService(
    smtpServer: "dedrelay.secureserver.net",
    smtpPort: 25,
    smtpUsername: "you@example.com",
    smtpPassword: "your-password",
    enableSsl: false
);
var response = await mailService.SendMailAsync(
    to: "recipient@example.com",
    from: "you@example.com",
    subject: "Test Subject",
    mailBody: "andlt;h1andgt;Hello Worldandlt;/h1andgt;",
    portalName: "MyPortal",
    cc: "cc@example.com",
    bcc: "bcc@example.com",
    attachments: new Listandlt;stringandgt; { "C:\temp\file.pdf" }
);
if (response.IsSend)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Email sent!");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed: " + response.ErrorMessage);
}
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