Struggling with Ch 9 sending e-mail

tjsully · July 18th, 2011, 05:53 PM

I'm using the same settings as I have in Outlook. I get the following error in the details of errors. I get no compile errors but it bombs out on the mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage); statement and falls into the debugger.

Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

My code is as follows, I used * for my password, I have the password correct in my code:

Code:

public partial class Demos_EMailDemo : BasePage
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        MailMessage myMessage = new MailMessage();
        myMessage.Subject = "Tim's Test e-mail from an ASP page";
        myMessage.Body = "Hello world, here is the mail message message ";
        myMessage.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Normal TJSully");
        myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]", "RE/MAX"));

        SmtpClient mySmtpClient = new SmtpClient();
        mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage);

    }
}

In the Web.config
 <system.net>
        <mailSettings>
            <smtp deliveryMethod ="Network"
                  from="TimmyS &lt;[email protected]&gt;">
                <network enableSsl="true" userName="[email protected]" password="**********" host="smtp.att.yahoo.com" port="465" />
            </smtp>                     
        </mailSettings>
    </system.net>

Imar · July 18th, 2011, 06:43 PM

Hi there,

Does Yahoo allow you to use your Bellsouth account?

Imar

tjsully · July 18th, 2011, 10:32 PM

Not sure, haven't tried yahoo. I do however have have a gmail account I should try. I assumming you didn't see anything in the code that was incorrect??? My assumption was a coding error

Imar · July 19th, 2011, 05:12 AM

No, the code looks fine to me. It must be something with the SMTP settings in web.config.

A few things to check:

1. The port number that Yahoo uses
2. The user name and password that Yahoo requires.
3. Whether or not Yahoo uses SSL

And yes, Gmail would work as well. For the Gmail settings, take a look at this post:

http://imar.spaanjaars.com/505/using...at-require-ssl

And finally, if you just want to continue, you could also drop the mail on your local disk as explained in the book.

Cheers,

Imar

tjsully · July 19th, 2011, 08:49 AM

Will try my G-Mail account this afternoon, seems I remember having trouble using my Bellsouth aqccounbg on my phone, I can receive but not send. The solution was to use GMail for sending. It could be the same issue.

As to sending the e-mail to a folder, can't do that it would be embarissing if I can't figure this out. I had a 20 year career in IT as a programer / developer/ manager & department head and am trying to get back into the field, been in Real Estate for the last 7 years. If I can't get something this elementary to work I mught as well go and apply to Wal-Mart

Imar · July 19th, 2011, 09:01 AM

I

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remember having trouble using my Bellsouth aqccounbg on my phone

The Yahoo outgoing SMTP needs authentication so you'll need to supply it with a user name and password it likes.

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As to sending the e-mail to a folder, can't do that it would be embarissing if I can't figure this out.

I see what you mean.... You can definitely make it work; it's just a matter of finding the right combination of mail server, port, user name and password.

Good luck.

Imar

tjsully · July 23rd, 2011, 06:01 PM

Apparently it is something with Bellsouth (AT&T now) that prevents one from using their SMTP servers, don't know how but I know I canot send e-mail from my phone, just receive, but have no problem from my Laptop. Anyway it works with my G-Mail account. Does the specific order of the elements in the Network tag make any difference?

Imar · July 23rd, 2011, 06:30 PM

No, the order doesn't matter. Internally, the config settings are read from the config file and assigned to a configuration object once. The initial order of nodes and attributes has no effect on the final configuration object.

Cheers,

Imar