Questions tagged [smtpclient]

on .NET Framework , allows applications to send e-mail by using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

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How do I send an email from a Windows Phone 8 application?

In a Windows Forms project, I used the SmtpClient and MailMessage class in order to send information by email. Is there an equivalent for Windows Phone 8?
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System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: The operation has timed out. error in asp.net send mail code using godaddy hosting

I am using following peace of code to send mail using godaddy hosting . but its throw System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: The operation has timed out. protected void sendmail() { var fromAddress = "frommailid@site.com"; // any…
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SmtpClient.SendAsync Calls are Automatically Cancelled

Whenever I call smtpClient.SendAsync(...) from within my ASP.NET MVC application, the asynchronous requests are automatically cancelled, even though SendAsyncCancel() is never called. Synchronous .Send(...) requests, on the other hand, go through…
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Outlook SMTPClient server error 5.3.4 5.2.0

I have an MVC .NET web application that has been running stable for the most part of a year now. However today we received an error code and I'm having trouble finding how to resolve the issue. In the application, I use SMTPClient to send emails…
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SMTP 5.7.57 error when trying to send email via Office 365

I'm trying to set up some code to send email via Office 365's authenticated SMTP service: var _mailServer = new SmtpClient(); _mailServer.UseDefaultCredentials = false; _mailServer.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("test.user@mydomain.com",…
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Troubleshooting "Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: Access denied - Invalid HELO name" when sending email with SmtpClient

I have been trying to send an email by C#. I have Googled for various examples and have taken bits and pieces from each and from the standard code which everyone would most probably be using. string to = "receiver@domain.com"; string from =…
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Email sending service in c# doesn't recover after server timeout

I've been having this problem for months, and it's driving me nuts. I have a windows service written in C# (.NET 4.5) which basically sends emails, using an outlook account (I think it's an office365 service). I'm aware of the "order of credentials"…
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Changing name of automatic attached file in e-mail

I am using Mailkit library to send e-mails. This is the code to do so: public async Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message) { if (message == null) return; LinkedResource inline = new…
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Dispose SmtpClient in SendComplete?

When I use SmtpClient's SendAsync to send email, how do I dispose the smtpclient instance correctly? Let's say: MailMessage mail = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage() { Body = MailBody.ToString(), IsBodyHtml = true, From = new…
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The remote name could not be resolved when sending mail using SMTP with Host as IP address

MailMessage message = new MailMessage(); message.Subject = "test"; message.Body = "test"; message.To.Add("test@gmail.com"); message.From = new MailAddress("bob@internalhost.com"); SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(); smtp.DeliveryMethod =…
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Cannot send emails to addresses with Scandinavian characters

Using SmtpClient, MailMessage and MailAddress classes, I cannot send to email addresses such as åbc.def@domain.se. I get the error/exceptions as shown below: An invalid character was found in the mail header: 'å'. ---------------------------…
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Using System.Net.Mail in ASP NET MVC 6 project

I have trouble creating a simple mock mail sender within an ASP NET 5 project. Here the method : public static Task SendMail(string Email, string Subject, string Body) { SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(); …
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Using SmtpClient to send an email from Gmail

I'm trying to connect to my Gmail account through SmtpClient but it seems to not work as should. I specify port 465, enable SSL and define everything, but it takes like 2 minutes and then just shows some error that the message wasn't sent. What am I…
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SendMailAsync : An asynchronous module or handler completed while an asynchronous operation was still pending

While using SendMailAsync I am getting the following error: An asynchronous module or handler completed while an asynchronous operation was still pending My code : public static async Task SendEmail(MessageContent messageContent, string…
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How can we log the SMTP conversation with SmtpClient?

E.g., for troubleshooting I need to see what SMTP messages go back and forth: OUT : EHLO machinename IN : 250-ReallyCoolEmailServer Hello [10.24.41.72] IN : 250-SIZE IN : 250-PIPELINING IN : (...and so on...) OUT : MAIL FROM:…
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