SSIS - Redirecting Email to Folder - email

Question

I am generating emails from an SSIS package using a Script task. During testing, I do not want to really send the email, but drop the message into a folder. In an application, I would use the specifiedPickupDirectory option in the web.config, but SSIS packages do not have a web.config.
Is there a way to send the email to a folder?
Thanks

Answer 1

If you script task is using C# then the following should work. It's similar to how you would change the Web.config to use specifiedPickupDirectory
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("my_smtp_host");
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.SpecifiedPickupDirectory;
client.PickupDirectoryLocation = #"C:\save_email_directory";
client.Send(message);
You may also need to add Network credentials, see link for example

Answer 2

If you use Exchange mail and this library: http://independentsoft.de/ you can create a message and move it into a specific folder.
I do not own this software, but I'm a satisfied user.
Just start here: http://independentsoft.de/exchangewebservices/tutorial/createmessage.html with this example code:
using System;
using System.Net;
using Independentsoft.Exchange;
namespace Sample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
Service service = new Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential);
try
{
Message message = new Message();
message.Subject = "Test";
message.Body = new Body("Body text");
message.ToRecipients.Add(new Mailbox("John#mydomain.com"));
message.CcRecipients.Add(new Mailbox("Mark#mydomain.com"));
ItemId itemId = service.CreateItem(message);
}
catch (ServiceRequestException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage);
Console.Read();
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
Console.Read();
}
}
}
}