chapter 9 email settings

hatsmccoy · October 2nd, 2014, 04:49 PM

This is my previous post moved to the correct forum.

Please help me! I can't figure out what is wrong with my code.
ContactForm.ascx.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.IO; // Provides access to the File class for reading the file
using System.Net.Mail; // Provides access to the various mail related classes

public partial class Controls_ContactForm : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(PhoneHome.Text) || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(PhoneBusiness.Text))
{
args.IsValid = true;
}
else
{
args.IsValid = false;
}
}
protected void SendButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Page.IsValid)
{
string fileName = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/ContactForm.txt");
string mailBody = 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);

MailMessage myMessage = new MailMessage();
myMessage.Subject = "Response from web site";
myMessage.Body = mailBody;

myMessage.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Sender Name");
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Receiver Name"));

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

Message.Visible = true;
FormTable.Visible = false;
}
}
}

Web.config

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
<system.web>
<pages theme="Monochrome">
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="Wrox" tagName="Banner" src="~/Controls/Banner.ascx"/>
</controls>
</pages>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
</system.web>

<appSettings>
<add key="MyEmailAddr" value="[email protected]"/>
<add key="ToEmailAddr" value="[email protected]"/>
<add key="EmailHost" value="smtp.gmail.com"/>
<add key="FromEmailAddr" value="[email protected]"/>
</appSettings>

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="[email protected]">
<network enableSsl="true"
port="587"
userName="[email protected]"
password="MYPASSWORD"
host="smtp.gmail.com"/>

</smtp>

</mailSettings>

</system.net>
</configuration>

Imar · October 6th, 2014, 03:16 PM

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Please help me! I can't figure out what is wrong with my code.

And what is wrong with it? Hard to suggest something if you're not providing a problem description ;-)

Cheers.

Imar

hatsmccoy · October 12th, 2014, 10:20 PM

When I click to submit on the contact form everything acts as if the computer is processing the request yet no email is sent and VWD defaults to the following code:

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An exception of type 'System.Net.Mail.SmtpException' occurred in System.dll but was not handled in user code

Additional information: The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at

it occurs at:

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

Imar · October 13th, 2014, 06:53 AM

Hi there,

Your configuration code for Gmail looks fine to me, so maybe you need to set up an application specific password as explained on page 323? You can do that here: https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

Cheers,

Imar

Harpist · December 10th, 2014, 12:25 PM

In case you are still working on this. I had a problem where my email connection would continuously time out. I am using VS2013, though I am not sure if that is the problem.

mySmtp client would not work with the credentials set in web.config. I had to sent them manual using

mySmtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "password")

The port, etc could be set in web.config but the network credentials I had to configure like this and it worked for me using gmail.

(Though with gmail you also have to follow some steps to set your account up to do this, if you try it once, google will send you an email with instructions for how to set it up properly)