ASP.NET 2.0: Web Form Email Job Problem

[kwilliams]

I have a web form that pulls data entered by the user, and then sends out an email to the user and an email group based on the category selected by the user. The groups used for the categories are stored within an XML doc. I'm able to parse the XML doc without a problem. I know this because I assigned the email variable to a label on the page, and I can see the result after the form is submitted.But when I try to apply that same email address variable from that XML parse into the email job within the code file, I receive the following error:The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address.I've included my code below. If anyone could let me know what steps I'm missing, that would be great. Thanks.test.aspx

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" CodeFile="test.aspx.vb" Inherits="feedback_test" AutoEventWireup="true" title="Feedback Form - TEST" %><asp:content id="Content1" contentplaceholderid="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">	<% If Not Page.IsPostBack Then %>	<form name="formFeedback" action="" method="post" runat="server">		<asp:ValidationSummary ID="valSummary" runat="server"			HeaderText="You must fix the following form entries:"			Font-Names="verdana" 			Font-Size="10pt"			Font-Bold="True" 		/>		<br />		<table class="tableborder_black" width="98%" id="Feedback Form">			<tbody>				<tr class="tablecell_black">					<th scope="col" colspan="2">Feedback Form</th>				</tr>				<tr>					<td class="tablecell1" align="right" valign="top">Category</td>					<td class="tablecell3">						<asp:DropDownList id="selectCategory" runat="server">							<asp:ListItem Value="gen" Text="General" Selected="True" />							<asp:ListItem Value="cat1" Text="Category 1" />							<asp:ListItem Value="cat2" Text="Category 2" />							<asp:ListItem Value="cat3" Text="Category 3" />						</asp:DropDownList>					</td>				</tr>				<tr>					<td class="tablecell1" align="right" valign="top">Email Address</td>					<td class="tablecell3"><asp:Textbox id="txtEmailAddress" columns="20" runat="server" />						<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator5" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtEmailAddress"							ErrorMessage="Email must be valid (Format: you@domain.com)." ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>					</td>				</tr>				<tr>					<td class="tablecell1" align="right" valign="top" style="height: 50px">Comments</td>					<td class="tablecell3" style="height: 50px">						<asp:TextBox ID="txtComments" Columns="40" Rows="4" runat="server" Height="60px" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox>						<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtComments"							ErrorMessage="Must enter comments to complete this form." Display="Dynamic"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>						<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator8" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtComments"							ErrorMessage="Must enter between 5 and 1000 characters." ValidationExpression="^[a-zA-Z-0-9]{5,1000}$" Display="Dynamic"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>					</td>				</tr>				<tr class="tablecell_black">					<td scope="col" colspan="2" align="center">						<asp:HiddenField ID="hfDateTime" runat="server" />						<input id="btnReset" type="Reset" runat="server">						<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" Text="Submit" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click" runat="server" />					</td>				</tr>				</tbody>			</table>		</form>		<br /><br />		<!-- Test variables -->		<strong>lblContactsTitle: </strong><asp:label id="lblContactsTitle" runat="server" /><br />		<strong>lblContactsEmail: </strong><asp:label id="lblContactsEmail" runat="server" /><br />		<strong>lblCategory: </strong><asp:label id="lblCategory" runat="server" /><br />		<strong>lblEmailAddress: </strong><asp:label id="lblEmailAddress" runat="server" /><br />		<strong>lblComments: </strong><asp:label id="lblComments" runat="server" /><br />		<% Else %>		<asp:label id="lblErrorMsg" runat="server" /><br />		<% End If %></asp:content>

test.aspx.vb

Partial Class feedback_test	Inherits System.Web.UI.Page	Dim strSiteDomain As String = "/mysite"	Sub SubmitBtn_Click(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs)		'Declare form variables		Dim category_form As String = selectCategory.SelectedItem.Value		Dim email_form As String = txtEmailAddress.Text		Dim comments_form As String = txtComments.Text		'Assign date variables		Dim dtCurrDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now 'Assign current date		Dim strDateTimeISO As String = dtCurrDate.ToString("s") 'ISO format		hfDateTime.Value = strDateTimeISO		'Assign labels		lblCategory.Text = category_form		lblEmailAddress.Text = email_form		lblComments.Text = comments_form		If Page.IsValid Then			Try				'Pull group members by selected category				Dim objEmailGroup As Object = False				Dim strXMLPath_contacts As String, strXSLPath_contacts As String				strXMLPath_contacts = strSiteDomain & "/help/docs/xml/contacts.xml" 'xml doc				strXSLPath_contacts = strSiteDomain & "/help/docs/xslt/contacts.xsl" 'xsl doc				'Load MainContent XML file internal_links.xml and assign page properties				Dim strContactsTitle As String = Nothing, strContactsEmail As String = Nothing				Dim contacts_xmld As XmlDocument				Dim contacts_nodelist As XmlNodeList				Dim xml_node As XmlNode				'Create the XML Document				contacts_xmld = New XmlDocument()				'Load the Xml file				contacts_xmld.Load(MapPath(strSiteDomain & "/help/docs/xml/contacts.xml"))				'Get the list of name nodes				contacts_nodelist = contacts_xmld.SelectNodes("/contacts/dept_div[@id = '" & category_form & "']")				'Response.Write(contacts_nodelist) 'TEST				'Loop through the nodes				For Each xml_node In contacts_nodelist					'Pull XML nodes					strContactsTitle = xml_node.Item("title").InnerText					strContactsEmail = xml_node.Item("email_contacts").InnerText					lblContactsTitle.Text = strContactsTitle					lblContactsEmail.Text = strContactsEmail				Next 'end loop				'Email job to group members				Dim mail_group As New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(email_form, strContactsEmail, "Feedback Form", "<font face='arial' size='2'>The following feedback was submitted to your department:<br /><br/ ><strong>Category: </strong>" & category_form & "<br /><strong>Comments: </strong>" & comments_form & "</font>")				Dim mail_user As New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage("webmaster@mysite.com", email_form, "Feedback Form", "<font face='arial' size='2'>Thank you for submitting feedback through our feedback form. If requested, someone from our staff will be in contact with you withing 2-3 business days.<br /><br />Webmaster</font>")				Response.Write("objEmailGroup = True<br />")				'strContactsEmail				'email_form = user's email address				mail_group.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8				mail_group.IsBodyHtml = True				mail_user.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8				mail_user.IsBodyHtml = True				Dim smtpUser As String = "USERNAME"				Dim smtpPassword As String = "PASSWORD"				Dim smtpServer As String = "EMAILSERVERNAME"				Dim smtp As New Net.Mail.SmtpClient()				With smtp					If smtpUser.Length > 0 Then						.Host = smtpServer						.Port = 25						.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(smtpUser, smtpPassword)					End If				End With				'Email job to group				smtp.Send(mail_group)				'Email job to user for confirmation (if email is not empty)				If email_form <> "" Then					smtp.Send(mail_user)				End If			Catch				lblErrorMsg.Text = "There was a problem while submitting this form. Please contact the <a href='mailto:webmaster@mysite.com'>Webmaster</a>."			End Try		End If	End SubEnd Class

[jesh]

If your XML file lists the addresses like so:

<email_contacts>	someone@somewhere.net</email_contacts>

Then it may be that you need to trim the string of white-space before you attempt to pass it to your MailMessage. Your code might be trying to use " someone@somewhere.net " as the email address rather than "someone@somewhere.net".

[kwilliams]

If your XML file lists the addresses like so:

<email_contacts>	someone@somewhere.net</email_contacts>

Then it may be that you need to trim the string of white-space before you attempt to pass it to your MailMessage. Your code might be trying to use " someone@somewhere.net " as the email address rather than "someone@somewhere.net".

I actually solved the problem by changing the semicolons ( to commas (,) that were separating the email addresses. Once I did that, it worked great. Thanks anyway:)