“Unable to read data from the transport connection: net_io_connectionclosed.” - Windows Vista Business and SMTP

Question

Unable to test sending email from .NET code in Windows Vista Business.

I am writing code which I will migrate to an SSIS Package once it its proven. The code is to send

Answer 1

Vista and Windows 7 does not have any SMTP server, this facility has been removed since Windows XP, so you need to setup your SMTP server explicitly, several tools are available in market for that, you can check that out. Also once you configure the SMTP, remember to check the server name which you would be using to send the e-mail.