emailig in web shop

sophia · October 19th, 2009, 02:13 PM

First of all thanks a lot to all authors of this book. This is really productive book.
This is my first interaction to this forum and I think I will be getting my answer. I just downloaded the code and analysed it for the webshop, I,ve modified it like updating the category list etc. everything is working fine except emailing. None of the two (admin and user) is getting email of the order.
I've taken care of appsetting in web.config file and in the application itself. But nothing is working

Code:

<appSettings>
    <add key="MailFromAddress" value="[email protected]"/>
    <add key="ConfirmationMessageLocation" value="~/StaticText/ConfirmationMessage.txt"/>
  </appSettings>

And

Code:

Dim mySmtpClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
      theMessage = theMessage.Replace("##ShoppingCart##", _
              GetHtmlFromControl(myGridView))
      theMessage = theMessage.Replace("##OrderNumber##", orderId.ToString())
      mySmtpClient.Send("[email protected]", emailAddress, theSubject, theMessage)

So please can any body help me in this regard, as this is the very new concept to me (i.e. emailing) and I know it is the most important part of application because it is the way to know about orders made by user.

Thank you.........

Imar · October 19th, 2009, 02:19 PM

Hi there,

Make sure you configured a valid mail server under the element <mailSetitings> under <system.net> in the web.config file. You need to add a server, and optionally user credentials if your mail server requires authentication.

Also, make sure that [email protected] is replaced with your own mail account that is allowed to send mail.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 19th, 2009, 02:27 PM

yes sir, I have changed the place holder with my own email id.
And does credential go to mail settings element under ststem.net element or in appsettings element

Imar · October 19th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Take a look at page 389 and 390 for more info on configuring the mail server.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 19th, 2009, 02:44 PM

ok sir, before I go to book just please kindly make clear my one doubt that this emailing functionality as described in the code file (downloaded from net) will be applicable to both (admin and user) or only to user.

Thank you.........

Imar · October 19th, 2009, 02:48 PM

I don't understand what you're asking so I can't clear that doubt.

Imar

sophia · October 19th, 2009, 02:55 PM

SIR, I am trying to ask that will email (as used in code) regarding orders made by user go to both (admin and user) or to user only.

Imar · October 19th, 2009, 03:19 PM

Which version / language of the book are you using?

The standard version of the WebShop does not send an e-mail confirmation at all.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 19th, 2009, 03:26 PM

Actually I've no book yet. I've been introducing to this book and hence to forum just 5 days before. And I could understand such huge code because I am not novice to Asp.net So it took me less time to understand the code and modify it. But emailing it getting a problem. And I am using Vb.net . Can U please suggest which version of webshop deals with emailing????????? I downloaded code from forum.

Imar · October 19th, 2009, 03:50 PM

In that case, what made you think the application is able to send out e-mail?

Check out the bonus content that comes with the book.... You'll see how to implement the mail functionality.

Cheers,

Imar