Do we need to dispose or terminate a thread in C# after usage?

c# multithreading smtpclient
Aaron Azhari picture Aaron Azhari · May 22, 2012 · Viewed 44k times · Source

I have the following code:

        public static void Send(this MailMessage email)
    {
        if (!isInitialized)
            Initialize(false);
        //smtpClient.SendAsync(email, "");
        email.IsBodyHtml = true;

        Thread mailThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(
            (o) => 
            {
                var m = o as MailMessage;

                SmtpClient client= new SmtpClient("smtpserveraddress");
                client.Send(m);

            }));
        mailThread.Start(email);

I want the mail sending to be done in the background without interfering with the main thread. I do not care when it is finished.

Do I need to somehow handle the dispose of the created thread (mailThread)? Or does it automatically dispose when it finishes its job?

Please do not recommend the SendAsync method. I would like to create the thread manually. Mail.Send was only an example scenario.

Thank you.

Answer

platon picture platon · May 22, 2012

NO!

there is no need to dispose the Thread object (BTW, the Thread class does not provide the Dispose method).

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