Question

I’m using code like this to send email:

var smtp = new SmtpClient
     {
       Host = "smtp.gmail.com",
       Port = 587, //465?
       EnableSsl = true,
       DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
       UseDefaultCredentials = false,
       Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromAddress.Address, fromPassword)
     };
using (var message = new MailMessage(fromAddress, toAddress)
     {
       Subject = subject,
       Body = body
     })
{
  smtp.Send(message);
}

…and it works just dandy. Now, though, I want to be able to control the size and style of the font used (e.g., Western 12).

UPDATE

Although I would still like to use a nicer looking font (such as Western), my main problem was having what I call the “box” characters in the body text (that square character). I found that the following rectified that dilemma:

body = body.Replace("�", "");

(although in Notepad and in the VS Editor it doesn’t look like a box, but like a marooned question mark or some such) – in fact, it looks like that here, too, in the formatted version of my question. In the question editor (terminology?) it looks like the square/box.

Answer 1

Try:

var message = new MailMessage(fromAddress, toAddress)
{
   Subject = subject,
   IsBodyHtml = true,
   Body = "<strong>" + body + "</strong>"
}

You’ll get the idea.