Problems sending e-mail in web app

Question

I have been trying for 2 days to get my ASP.NET webforms application to send an e-mail.

I have tried this using both outlook and gmail. I got the smtp information for bo

Answer 1

It turns out that it is because of a GMail security setting. https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

You have to enable access for less secure apps.

Answer 2

public  void sendEmail(string body)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(email))
            return;
        try
        {
            MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
            mail.To.Add(email);
            mail.To.Add("xxx@gmail.com");
            mail.From = new MailAddress("yyy@gmail.com");
            mail.Subject = "sub";

            mail.Body = body;

            mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
            SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
            smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; //Or Your SMTP Server Address
            smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential
                 ("yyy@gmail.com", "pw"); // ***use valid credentials***
            smtp.Port = 587;

            //Or your Smtp Email ID and Password
            smtp.EnableSsl = true;
            smtp.Send(mail);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            print("Exception in sendEmail:" + ex.Message);
        }
    }``

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/47548d/how-to-send-bulk-email-using-Asp-Net/

Answer 3

This code should work fine for you

protected void SendEmail()
{
    string EmailAddress = "myemail@gmail.com";
    MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage(EmailAddress, EmailAddress);
    mailMessage.Subject = "This is a test email";
    mailMessage.Body = "This is a test email. Please reply if you receive it.";

    SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
    smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
    smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
    smtpClient.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
    smtpClient.Port = 587;

    smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential()
    {
        UserName = EmailAddress,
        Password = "password"
    };
    smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
    smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);
}

You'll need to set the delivery mode otherwise gmail will return an error

EDIT:

Throwing an 'using' around 'MailMessage' might also be a smart thing to do