How to send E-Mail using SPUtility.SendEmail

SharePoint SPUtility class has SendEmail method which is used to send email to any email address. By default, SPUtility.SendEmail() method picks the 'From address' from Outgoing E-Mail Settings in Central administration. Use SPUtility.IsEmailServerSet method to check if server is configured with SMTP mail settings.
Here is a C# Example for sending E-mail using SPUtility.SendEmail:
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using Microsoft.SharePoint;using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;using System.IO;using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;using System.Collections.Specialized; namespace HideUserInfo{    class SendEMail    {        static void Main(string[] args)        {             using (SPSite oSPSite = new SPSite("https://sharepoint.com"))  //Site collection URL            {                using (SPWeb oSPWeb = oSPSite.OpenWeb("News"))  //Subsite URL                {                    StringDictionary headers = new StringDictionary();                     headers.Add("from", "sender@domain.com");                    headers.Add("to", "receiver@domain.com");                    headers..add("bcc","SharePointAdmin@domain.com");                    headers.Add("subject", "Welcome to the SharePoint");                    headers.Add("fAppendHtmlTag","True"); //To enable HTML format                     System.Text.StringBuilder strMessage = new System.Text.StringBuilder();                    strMessage.Append("Message from CEO:");                                        strMessage.Append("<span style='color:red;'> Make sure you have completed the survey! </span>");                    SPUtility.SendEmail(oSPWeb, headers, strMessage.ToString());                 }            }        }    }}