Send email using System.Net.Mail through gmail
I want to send a email through gmail server. I have put the following code but it is getting stuck while sending. Any idea please....
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("[email protected]");
//create instance of smtpclient
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Port = 465;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
//recipient address
mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]"));
//Formatted mail body
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
string st = "Test";
mail.Body = st;
smtp.Send(mail);
The xxxx.com is a mail domain in Google apps. Thanks...
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("[email protected]");
// The important part -- configuring the SMTP client
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Port = 587; // [1] You can try with 465 also, I always used 587 and got success
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network; // [2] Added this
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false; // [3] Changed this
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(mail.From, "password_here"); // [4] Added this. Note, first parameter is NOT string.
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
//recipient address
mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]"));
//Formatted mail body
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
string st = "Test";
mail.Body = st;
smtp.Send(mail);
I tried the above C# code to send mail from Gmail to my Corporate ID. While executing the application the control stopped indefinitely at the statement smtp.Send(mail);
While Googling, I came across a similar code, that worked for me. I am posting that code here.
class GMail
{
public void SendMail()
{
string pGmailEmail = "[email protected]";
string pGmailPassword = "GmailPassword";
string pTo = "ToAddress"; //[email protected]
string pSubject = "Test From Gmail";
string pBody = "Body"; //Body
MailFormat pFormat = MailFormat.Text; //Text Message
string pAttachmentPath = string.Empty; //No Attachments
System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMail = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver",
"smtp.gmail.com");
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport",
"465");
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing",
"2");
//sendusing: cdoSendUsingPort, value 2, for sending the message using
//the network.
//smtpauthenticate: Specifies the mechanism used when authenticating
//to an SMTP
//service over the network. Possible values are:
//- cdoAnonymous, value 0. Do not authenticate.
//- cdoBasic, value 1. Use basic clear-text authentication.
//When using this option you have to provide the user name and password
//through the sendusername and sendpassword fields.
//- cdoNTLM, value 2. The current process security context is used to
// authenticate with the service.
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1");
//Use 0 for anonymous
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername",
pGmailEmail);
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword",
pGmailPassword);
myMail.Fields.Add
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl",
"true");
myMail.From = pGmailEmail;
myMail.To = pTo;
myMail.Subject = pSubject;
myMail.BodyFormat = pFormat;
myMail.Body = pBody;
if (pAttachmentPath.Trim() != "")
{
MailAttachment MyAttachment =
new MailAttachment(pAttachmentPath);
myMail.Attachments.Add(MyAttachment);
myMail.Priority = System.Web.Mail.MailPriority.High;
}
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com:465";
SmtpMail.Send(myMail);
}
}