Why do I get “'property cannot be assigned” when sending an SMTP email?

Question

I can\'t understand why this code is not working. I get an error saying property can not be assigned

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient client          


        

Answer 1

First go to https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps and make Allow less secure apps true.

Then use the below code. This below code will work only if your from email address is from gmail.

static void SendEmail()
    {
        string mailBodyhtml =
            "
some text here
";
        var msg = new MailMessage("from@gmail.com", "to1@gmail.com", "Hello", mailBodyhtml);
        msg.To.Add("to2@gmail.com");
        msg.IsBodyHtml = true;
        var smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587); //**if your from email address is "from@hotmail.com" then host should be "smtp.hotmail.com"**
        smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
        smtpClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("from@gmail.com", "password");
        smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
        smtpClient.Send(msg);
        Console.WriteLine("Email Sent Successfully");
    }