static void Main(string[] args) { // creat client instance SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.mail.com", 25); // create mail message MailMessage message = new MailMessage(); message.From = new MailAddress("from@mail.com", "I'm a sender"); message.To.Add("to@mail.com"); // create attachment instance Attachment attachment = new Attachment(@"C:\about-pic.gif"); // set attachment name (for assign resource name later) attachment.Name = Path.GetFileName(@"C:\about-pic.gif"); attachment.ContentId = "about_pic"; // set attachment same to mail attachment.NameEncoding = message.BodyEncoding; attachment.TransferEncoding = System.Net.Mime.TransferEncoding.Base64; // set attachment as embeded resources attachment.ContentDisposition.Inline = true; attachment.ContentDisposition.DispositionType = System.Net.Mime.DispositionTypeNames.Inline; message.Attachments.Add(attachment); message.Subject = "test attchement"; message.Body = "<html><head><title>test attchemtn</title></head><body style='background-color:#aaaaff;'>" + "<h1>test attchement</h1><img src='cid:"+attachment.ContentId+"' /></body></html>"; message.IsBodyHtml = true; client.Send(message); }