Contacts form email no longer working

ndmill1 · August 18th, 2011, 11:21 AM

I successfully built the contacts form in chptr 9 such that it sent an email as entered in the form. Later I replaced my web.config file with the one provided by WROX. I correctly updated this file with my server and email info but the contacts form will no longer send email to addresses that are not on my server. But I can send an email to myself.

Neil

Imar · August 19th, 2011, 07:36 AM

Hi there,

Did you configure an external mail server in the config file? If so, how do the setting look? Maybe that mail server is blocking your outgoing e-mail?

Imar

ndmill1 · August 21st, 2011, 06:18 PM

Imar, really appreciate your responding to my question. Following is the code in the config file (password x'ed out):

Code:

 

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="Nelson Miller &lt;[email protected]&gt;">
        <network host="mail.ndmiller.net" userName="[email protected]" password="XXXXX" port="50" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

Here is the code I have in the send button in the contacts page:

Code:

Protected Sub SendButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SendButton.Click
    If Page.IsValid Then
      Dim fileName As String = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/ContactForm.txt")
      Dim mailBody As String = File.ReadAllText(fileName)

      mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Name##", Name.Text)
      mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Email##", EmailAddress.Text)
      mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##HomePhone##", PhoneHome.Text)
      mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##BusinessPhone##", PhoneBusiness.Text)
      mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Comments##", Comments.Text)

      Dim myMessage As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
      myMessage.Subject = "Response from web site"
      myMessage.Body = mailBody

      myMessage.From = New MailAddress("[email protected]", "Nelson M.")
      myMessage.To.Add(New MailAddress("[email protected]", "N. Miller"))

      Dim mySmtpClient As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient()
      mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage)

      Message.Visible = True
      MessageSentPara.Visible = True
      FormTable.Visible = False
      System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000)
    End If
  End Sub

End Class

When I click the send button I get an error that the mailbox is unavailable and not on this server. If I change the "to" address to [email protected] it does work. I also have the same problem in chapter 15 when I am trying to send a email to a new user after they have just signed up.

thanks again,

Nelson

Imar · August 23rd, 2011, 12:25 PM

Hi Nelson,

This all looks good to me, except for the port number which is uncommon (but not necessarily incorrect). Have you talked to your mail server administrator? Maybe the server is blocking your e-mail?

As an alternative, you can use a Gmail / Yahoo / Hotmail account for outgoing messages. And if it's just about following along with the book you could also configure a local drop folder. This way, messages aren't really sent, but dropped as .eml files in a folder on disk.

Cheers,

Imar

ndmill1 · August 24th, 2011, 07:43 AM

Thanks Imar, I have contacted the host and they can't see a problem from their side. Since this is just for completing the exercises in the book it doesn't need to be solved right now.

Thanks again

Nelson

Imar · August 24th, 2011, 01:26 PM

Right; in that case using a local drop folder as described on page 318 is probably the best way to proceed.

Cheers,

Imar