Question: i'm working with an old 1.1 site that uses the depreciated MailMessage class from the System.Web.Mail namespace. i updated it to use the MailMessage class from the System.Net.Mail namespace. but, the old MailMessage `.To` property accepted a string and the new `.To` property takes a MailAddressCollection, breaking my code.

the old code looked like this:

```
_mailMessage.To = _toName & " <" & _toEmail & ">"

```

you see, the `To` property took a name and also an email wrapped in angle brackets.
how can i do this using the new MailMessage class which takes a MailAddressCollection for it's `To` property?

thanks.

Answer: 
You can call the MailAddress constructor inline to add recipients to your MailMessage:

```
_mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(_toEmail, _toName))

```
You could use the Add method. 

```
_mailMessage.To.Add(_toEmail)

```

or 
 \_mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(\_toEmail))