I have a webform where someone can set up an account - I want to send them an email confirmation.
The code I'm using:
// Create e-mail message
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage();
mm.From = new MailAddress("OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com", "Our Organisation");
mm.To.Add(new MailAddress("webuser@domain.com", "Web User"));
mm.Subject = "Confirmation";
mm.Body = "You are now registered test";
mm.IsBodyHtml = true;
// Send e-mail
sc = new SmtpClient();
NetworkCredential basicAuthenticationInfo = new NetworkCredential(“OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com”, “ourorganisationemailPassword”);
sc.Credentials = basicAuthenticationInfo;
sc.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
sc.Send(mm);
web.config:
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp>
<network host="mail.OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com" port="9999" userName="OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com" password="OurOrganisationEmailPassword"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
But get:
System.Net.Mail.SmtpFailedRecipientException was caught
HResult=-2146233088
Message=Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: Authentication is required for relay
Source=System
FailedRecipient=<webuser@domain.com>
Looks like it's wanting the user login details for the web address I'm wanting to send to. How can I amend this and send such confirmation emails like how all the other commercial companies do?
OK - got it working. Below is the working coding; looks like me configuring the NetworkCredential object was the issue. Thanks everyone though for your assistance in helping me reach the solution.
MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress("OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com","Our Organisation");//"name@yourdomain.com";
MailAddress toAddress = new MailAddress("webuser@domain.com", "Web User"); //"name@anydomain.com";
//Create the MailMessage instance
MailMessage myMailMessage = new MailMessage(fromAddress, toAddress);
//Assign the MailMessage's properties
myMailMessage.Subject = "Confirmation";
myMailMessage.Body = "You are now registered test";
myMailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;
//Create the SmtpClient object
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
//Send the MailMessage (will use the Web.config settings)
smtp.Send(myMailMessage);
web.config
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp>
<network host="mail.ourdomain.com" port="9999" userName="OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com" password="OurOrganisationEmailPassword"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
Your client code looks fine, the problem may be in web.config
:
host="mail.OurOrganisationEmail@ourdomain.com"
it's an email address
, not a valid hostname
it should look like this:
host="mail.ourdomain.com"
Have you tested if the smtp server
works ?
just make some basic tests using telnet
.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995718(v=exchg.65).aspx
also, check this post for additional info
Send Email via C# through Google Apps account
I'm guessing this is because your website is not running under a domain account. A lot of mail servers don't allow anonymous users send email.
You could try creating a service account that's in the domain and set the application pool up to run under that service account.