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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:14:56+00:00

I am trying to clean up our web.config file such that per-deployment specific stuff

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I am trying to clean up our web.config file such that per-deployment specific stuff is not kept in the main config. I have managed with the connections strings and some of the mailSettings, but I need the from attribute as well as the configSource, but this doesn’t seem to be allowed.

Currently I have this:

web.config:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings >
      <smtp configSource="email.config" from="me@blahblah.com" />
    </mailSettings>
    <defaultProxy>
        <proxy bypassonlocal="True" usesystemdefault="False" />
    </defaultProxy>
</system.net>

email.config

<network host="myhost" password="" userName="" />

Ideally I would have the set the configSource on either mailSettings or system.net, but this isn’t supported.

Is there a better way to do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    OK, this is a missunderstanding on my part. I didn’t think I could do:

    <system.net>
    <mailSettings >
      <smtp configSource="email.config" />
    </mailSettings>
</system.net>

    and:

    <smtp from="someone@stackoverflow.com">
    <network host="myhost" password="" userName="" />
</smtp>

    Which you can. Hopefully me being daft in public will help someone else retain their dignity and not have to ask daft questions.

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