Sending Email

[EnjayW]

I'm trying to send an email from asp.net 4.0 and all i get is an error saying :- ERROR Failure sending mail. I am using the below code, some of which taken from another thread.

Dim msg As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
Dim smtp As New SmtpClient("smtp.mydomain.com")

msg.From = New MailAddress(strFromAddress, strFromUser)
msg.To.Add(New MailAddress(strEmailAddress, strRecipient))
msg.IsBodyHtml = False
msg.Subject = ""
msg.Body = ""

Dim credLogin As System.Net.NetworkCredential = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("Do-Not-Reply@mydomain.com", "mypassword")

smtp.Credentials = credLogin
smtp.Send(msg)

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong and what the error is. I've set up the from email address.

[eUK - Chris]

Hi Nigel,

On our shared servers we have authentication set for sending emails through script.

It seems you are using smtp.mydomain.com, can you try using server name as the servers IP or mail.domain.tld ?

If you are trying to send emails from scripts , then you need to check the following points in your script :

1) SMTP HOST = mail.domain.tld or (mail server ip)

2) From Field email address = the one that is created from your control panel, and present there

3) Password = its respective password

4) Port = 25

This is to be verified as we have authentication set for the emails.

If the error persist even after using mail.domain.tld, I will suggest you to raise a support ticket or initiate a live chat with windows department
or else PM me the details of the domain and script location, we investigate this for you.

[EnjayW]

Issue sorted now, thanks Chris...

I guess f32/send-email-asp-net-2302/ need updatin as thats where i was getting my information from.

What was wrong, i was using smtp.mydomain.com instead of mail.mydomain.com and wasn't setting the port.

[eUK - Chris]

Issue sorted now, thanks Chris...

I guess f32/send-email-asp-net-2302/ need updatin as thats where i was getting my information from.

What was wrong, i was using smtp.mydomain.com instead of mail.mydomain.com and wasn't setting the port.

Hi Nigel,

No worries, I'm glad to hear that the issue has been sorted.