My web application in production sometimes fails to send an order email notification. I have never experienced the issue in the test environment.
I do not understand why it is behaving like this way. Could you please guide me on what is causing the issue?
Below is my code:
public async Task SendEmail(int alertID, string body, string subject, List<string> ccemailToUserList)
{
try
{
using (var dbcontext = new MyDbContext())
{
List<string> emailRecipients = new List<string>();
Alert emailAlert = new Alert();
emailAlert = dbcontext.Alerts.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ID == alertID);
body = body.Replace("[[ordertype]]", emailAlert.Description);
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
var mailFrom = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPFrom"].ToString();
mail.From = new MailAddress(mailFrom);
mail.To.Add(emailAlert.Recipients);
foreach (var ccEmail in ccemailToUserList)
{
mail.CC.Add(ccEmail);
}
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTP"].ToString();
mail.Subject = emailAlert.Description+ " - " + subject;
mail.Body = body;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
await client.SendMailAsync(mail);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ErrorService.LogError(ex, "Email Error");
}
}
I can't understand why this code is not working. I get an error saying property can not be assigned
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
mail.To = "user#hotmail.com"; // <-- this one
mail.From = "you#yourcompany.example";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);
mail.To and mail.From are readonly. Move them to the constructor.
using System.Net.Mail;
...
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("you#yourcompany.example", "user#hotmail.com");
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);
This :
mail.To = "user#hotmail.com";
Should be:
mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("user#hotmail.com"));
Finally got working :)
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Text;
...
// Command line argument must the the SMTP host.
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 587;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Timeout = 10000;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user#gmail.com","password");
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage("donotreply#domain.example", "sendtomyemail#domain.example", "test", "test");
mm.BodyEncoding = UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
mm.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;
client.Send(mm);
sorry about poor spelling before
public static void SendMail(MailMessage Message)
{
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Host = "smtp.googlemail.com";
client.Port = 587;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("myemail#gmail.com", "password");
client.Send(Message);
}
This is how it works for me. Hope you find it useful
MailMessage objeto_mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.Host = "smtp.internal.mycompany.com";
client.Timeout = 10000;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user", "Password");
objeto_mail.From = new MailAddress("from#server.com");
objeto_mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("to#server.com"));
objeto_mail.Subject = "Password Recover";
objeto_mail.Body = "Message";
client.Send(objeto_mail);
First go to https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps and make Allow less secure apps true.
Then use the below code. This below code will work only if your from email address is from gmail.
static void SendEmail()
{
string mailBodyhtml =
"<p>some text here</p>";
var msg = new MailMessage("from#gmail.com", "to1#gmail.com", "Hello", mailBodyhtml);
msg.To.Add("to2#gmail.com");
msg.IsBodyHtml = true;
var smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587); //**if your from email address is "from#hotmail.com" then host should be "smtp.hotmail.com"**
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtpClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("from#gmail.com", "password");
smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
smtpClient.Send(msg);
Console.WriteLine("Email Sent Successfully");
}
If you want to have your email and password not appear in your code and want your company email client server to use your windows credentials use below.
client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
Source
This just worked for me as of March 2017.
Started with solution from above "Finally got working :)" which didn't work at first.
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 587;
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Timeout = 10000;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("<me>#gmail.com", "<my pw>");
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage(from_addr_text, to_addr_text, msg_subject, msg_body);
mm.BodyEncoding = UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
mm.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;
client.Send(mm);
This answer features:
Using 'using' whenever possible (IDisposable interfaces)
Using Object initializers
Async Programming
Extract SmtpConfig to external class (adjust it to your needs)
Here's the extracted code:
public async Task SendAsync(string subject, string body, string to)
{
using (var message = new MailMessage(smtpConfig.FromAddress, to)
{
Subject = subject,
Body = body,
IsBodyHtml = true
})
{
using (var client = new SmtpClient()
{
Port = smtpConfig.Port,
DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
UseDefaultCredentials = false,
Host = smtpConfig.Host,
Credentials = new NetworkCredential(smtpConfig.User, smtpConfig.Password),
})
{
await client.SendMailAsync(message);
}
}
}
Class SmtpConfig:
public class SmtpConfig
{
public string Host { get; set; }
public string User { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
public int Port { get; set; }
public string FromAddress { get; set; }
}
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage(txtEmail.Text, txtTo.Text);
mm.Subject = txtSubject.Text;
mm.Body = txtBody.Text;
if (fuAttachment.HasFile)//file upload select or not
{
string FileName = Path.GetFileName(fuAttachment.PostedFile.FileName);
mm.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(fuAttachment.PostedFile.InputStream, FileName));
}
mm.IsBodyHtml = false;
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
NetworkCredential NetworkCred = new NetworkCredential(txtEmail.Text, txtPassword.Text);
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.Credentials = NetworkCred;
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.Send(mm);
Response.write("Send Mail");
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smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // the host name
smtp.Port = 587; //port number
smtp.EnableSsl = true; //whether your smtp server requires SSL
smtp.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromAddress, fromPassword);
smtp.Timeout = 20000;
Go through this article for more details
Just need to try this:
string smtpAddress = "smtp.gmail.com";
int portNumber = 587;
bool enableSSL = true;
string emailFrom = "companyemail";
string password = "password";
string emailTo = "Your email";
string subject = "Hello!";
string body = "Hello, Mr.";
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = new MailAddress(emailFrom);
mail.To.Add(emailTo);
mail.Subject = subject;
mail.Body = body;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
using (SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(smtpAddress, portNumber))
{
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(emailFrom, password);
smtp.EnableSsl = enableSSL;
smtp.Send(mail);
}
MailKit is an Open Source cross-platform .NET mail-client library that is based on MimeKit and optimized for mobile devices.
It has more and advance features better than System.Net.Mail
Microsoft TNEF support via MimeKit.
Download nuget package from here.
See this example you can send mail
MimeMessage mailMessage = new MimeMessage();
mailMessage.From.Add(new MailboxAddress(senderName, sender#address.com));
mailMessage.Sender = new MailboxAddress(senderName, sender#address.com);
mailMessage.To.Add(new MailboxAddress(emailid, emailid));
mailMessage.Subject = subject;
mailMessage.ReplyTo.Add(new MailboxAddress(replyToAddress));
mailMessage.Subject = subject;
var builder = new BodyBuilder();
builder.TextBody = "Hello There";
try
{
using (var smtpClient = new SmtpClient())
{
smtpClient.Connect("HostName", "Port", MailKit.Security.SecureSocketOptions.None);
smtpClient.Authenticate("user#name.com", "password");
smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);
Console.WriteLine("Success");
}
}
catch (SmtpCommandException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
Initialize the MailMessage with sender and reciever's email addresses. It should be something like
string from = "codeforwin#gmail.com"; //Senders email
string to = "reciever#gmail.com"; //Receiver's email
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(from, to);
Read the full code snippet of how to send emails in c#
this would work too..
string your_id = "your_id#gmail.com";
string your_password = "password";
try
{
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient
{
Host = "smtp.gmail.com",
Port = 587,
EnableSsl = true,
DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(your_id, your_password),
Timeout = 10000,
};
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage(your_iD, "recepient#gmail.com", "subject", "body");
client.Send(mm);
Console.WriteLine("Email Sent");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Could not end email\n\n"+e.ToString());
}
//Hope you find it useful, it contain too many things
string smtpAddress = "smtp.xyz.com";
int portNumber = 587;
bool enableSSL = true;
string m_userName = "support#xyz.com";
string m_UserpassWord = "56436578";
public void SendEmail(Customer _customers)
{
string emailID = gghdgfh#gmail.com;
string userName = DemoUser;
string emailFrom = "qwerty#gmail.com";
string password = "qwerty";
string emailTo = emailID;
// Here you can put subject of the mail
string subject = "Registration";
// Body of the mail
string body = "<div style='border: medium solid grey; width: 500px; height: 266px;font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;'>";
body += "<h3 style='background-color: blueviolet; margin-top:0px;'>Aspen Reporting Tool</h3>";
body += "<br />";
body += "Dear " + userName + ",";
body += "<br />";
body += "<p>";
body += "Thank you for registering </p>";
body += "<p><a href='"+ sURL +"'>Click Here</a>To finalize the registration process</p>";
body += " <br />";
body += "Thanks,";
body += "<br />";
body += "<b>The Team</b>";
body += "</div>";
// this is done using using System.Net.Mail; & using System.Net;
using (MailMessage mail = new MailMessage())
{
mail.From = new MailAddress(emailFrom);
mail.To.Add(emailTo);
mail.Subject = subject;
mail.Body = body;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
// Can set to false, if you are sending pure text.
using (SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(smtpAddress, portNumber))
{
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(emailFrom, password);
smtp.EnableSsl = enableSSL;
smtp.Send(mail);
}
}
}
send email by smtp
public void EmailSend(string subject, string host, string from, string to, string body, int port, string username, string password, bool enableSsl)
{
try
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient smtpServer = new SmtpClient(host);
mail.Subject = subject;
mail.From = new MailAddress(from);
mail.To.Add(to);
mail.Body = body;
smtpServer.Port = port;
smtpServer.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password);
smtpServer.EnableSsl = enableSsl;
smtpServer.Send(mail);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception(ex.Message);
}
}
I have this MVC C# App and a controller where trying to send a email, but I always got this error
this is the code in my action´controller, it doesn´t receive any model so I add specific values
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index2()
{
try
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.To.Add("valid_email#hotmail.com");
mail.From = new MailAddress("valid_email#gmail.com");
mail.Subject = "PruebaMVC";
string Body = "PruebaMVC";
mail.Body = Body;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential
("valid_email#gmail.com", "correctPWD");
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.Send(mail);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Exception in sendEmail:" + ex.Message);
}
return View();
}
could you please tell what is wrong?
edit: this is the exception I got
As i have used below code and it's working fine for me and i have configured smtp in web.config
ContentType HTMLType = new ContentType("text/html");
NetworkCredential cred = new NetworkCredential(StringConstant.NetworkUserName, StringConstant.NetworkPwd);
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
msg.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default;
msg.To.Add(ToEmail);
msg.Priority = System.Net.Mail.MailPriority.High;
msg.Subject = Subj;
msg.Body = strBody;
msg.IsBodyHtml = true;
if (attachement != null)
{
msg.Attachments.Add(attachement);
}
System.Net.Mail.AlternateView HTMLView = System.Net.Mail.AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(strBody, HTMLType);
msg.From = new MailAddress(StringConstant.MailFrom); // Your Email Id
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(StringConstant.SmtpFrom, StringConstant.SmtpPort);
client.Credentials = cred;
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Send(msg);
public void SendEmailWithAttachment(string pFrom, string pTo, string pSubject, string pBody, string pServer, string strAttachmentPDFFileNames)
{
try
{
System.Net.Mail.MailMessage Message = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
string UserName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPUserName"];
string Password = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPPassword"];
if (pTo.Contains(","))
{
string[] ToAdd = pTo.Split(new Char[] { ',' });
for (int i = 0; i < ToAdd.Length; i++)
{
Message.To.Add(ToAdd[i]);
}
}
else
{
Message.To.Add(pTo);
}
//System.Net.Mail.MailAddress toAddress = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(pTo);
//Message.To.Add(toAddress);
System.Net.Mail.MailAddress fromAddress = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(pFrom);
Message.From = fromAddress;
Message.Subject = pSubject;
Message.Body = pBody;
Message.IsBodyHtml = true;
// Stream streamPDFImages = new MemoryStream(bytPDFImageFile);
//System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
var smtpClient = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
{
Message.Attachments.Add(new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(strAttachmentPDFFileNames));
smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
smtpClient.Host = pServer;
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);
smtpClient.Port = 465;
smtpClient.Send(Message);
}
}
catch (Exception Exc)
{
Exception ex = new Exception("Unable to send email . Please Contact administrator", Exc);
throw ex;
}
}
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("yourMail", "yourPassword");
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(sendFrom, "yourMail");
msg.ReplyToList.Add(sendFrom);
msg.Subject = subject;
msg.Body = bodyTxt;
System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(#"C:\Projects\EverydayProject\test.txt");
msg.Attachments.Add(attachment);
smtp.Send(msg);
Here is working code to send an email to gmail smtp. From what I see you don't set UseDefaultCredentials = false and you are using wrong port. Also you MUST NOT override exceptions like this., throw the initial exception. Also for this to work you need to turn off security setting in your Gmail account. You can google it.