Gmail Error :The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required

Question

I am using following code to send email. The Code works correctly in my local Machine. But on Production server i am getting the error message

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Answer 1

Below is my code.I also had the same error but the problem was that i gave my password wrong.The below code will work perfectly..try it

            MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
            SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");             
            mail.From = new MailAddress("fromaddress@gmail.com");
            mail.To.Add("toaddress1@gmail.com");
            mail.To.Add("toaddress2@gmail.com");
            mail.Subject = "Password Recovery ";
            mail.Body += " ";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";

            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "
User Name : 
 HAi 
Password : 
aaaaaaaaaa
";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.Body += "";
            mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
            SmtpServer.Port = 587;
            SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("sendfrommailaddress.com", "password");
            SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
            SmtpServer.Send(mail);

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