SMTP Email Sending

Question

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:25 Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web requ

Answer 1

I got the error with smtp services installed but not started. To start services on the local machine with smtp already installed, here's the steps I took:

1. Open Server Manager
2. Select Local Server
3. Type "smtp" in the filter box under SERVICES (see image)
4. Right click on Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Service (SMTP) and select Start Services