System.web.mail vs system.net.mail

Question

What is the difference between System.Web.Mail and System.Net.Mail ?

Answer 1

• System.Web.Mail was in the .NET Framework v1.1

• System.Net.Mail is in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

They are both used for the same purpose. If you use System.Web.Mail , it only shows a warning, stating that it is deprecated. It still works as expected.

If you really use a higher version (2.0 or later) of the .NET platform, use System.Net.Mail.

Answer 2

The first line in MSDN for the System.Web.Mail :

Classes in this namespace are deprecated. Use the System.Net.Mail namespace instead