How do I change the FROM address to a friendly name?

By default, many people set the FROM property of the MailMessage class to something like:

mail.From = "[e-mail]"

By doing this the email address will show up in the FROM line of most email readers, such as Outlook, Outlook Express, or Eudora. To have a friendly name be displayed (instead of the email address), use the following syntax.

mail.From = "/"John Smith/" <[e-mail]>"

The following code snippet demonstrates this technique.
 
[ C# ]

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();mail.To = "[e-mail]";mail.From = "/"John Smith/" <[e-mail]>";mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";mail.Body = "this is my test email body.";SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost";  //your real server goes hereSmtpMail.Send( mail );

[ VB.NET ]

Dim mail As New MailMessage()mail.To = "[e-mail]"mail.From = """John Smith"" <[e-mail]>"mail.Subject = "this is a test email."mail.Body = "this is my test email body."SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost" 'your real server goes hereSmtpMail.Send(mail)