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Michel Godfroid12-Jan-11 22:21
Michel Godfroid12-Jan-11 22:21 
Forget the email.

You're (incorrectly) assuming that all your users have access to an unprotected smtp server, and that they have configured this server correctly.
This will not be true:
- in corporate environments, where exchange or lotus notes rule, and any good sysadmin will block access to the corporate smtp servers.
- if the user uses some form of webmail (gmail, hotmail, yahoo), and hasn't setup a local mail client.

You may want to setup an smtp server for these users, which you would run yourself, but I would strongly advise against it. You would be creating an open smtp relay that would attract spammers, and will get you blacklisted on smtp relays worldwide. Furthermore, most corporate environments and some ISP's block SMTP traffic.

Much better to report through some kind of webservice. If you're new to this, a good place to start reading is WCF (Windows Communication Foundation).
Note that you will need a fixed IP address at your side of the deal, and that you will have to configure routers, firewalls, and web servers. If you can't easily get a fixed IP address, you may be able to get away with some with some free dynamic DNS provider.

If this all sounds horrible complicated, get yourself a cheap asp.net provider, and host your error reporting code there.
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