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Can't send mail using SmtpClient

I want to send mail using SmtpClient class, but it not work.
Code:
SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(obMailSetting.UserName, obMailSetting.Password);
smtpClient.Host = obMailSetting.HostMail;
smtpClient.Port = obMailSetting.Port;
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtpClient.EnableSsl = obMailSetting.Connect_Security;//true
//smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;//It would work if i uncomment this line
smtpClient.Send(email);
It throws an exception:
The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated
I'm sure that username and password is correct. Is there any problem in my code?
Thanks.

You can try this :
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.Subject = "Your Subject";
mail.From = new MailAddress("senderMailAddress");
mail.To.Add("ReceiverMailAddress");
mail.Body = "Hello! your mail content goes here...";
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
NetworkCredential netCre =
new NetworkCredential("SenderMailAddress","SenderPassword" );
smtp.Credentials = netCre;
try
{
smtp.Send(mail);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Handle exception here
}
You can try this out :
In the Exchange Management Console, under the Server Configuration node, select Hub Transport and the name of the server. In the Receive Connectors pane, open either of the Recive Connectors (my default installation created 2) or you can create a new one just for TFS (I also tried this and it worked). For any of these connectors, open Properties and on the Permission Groups tab ensure that Anonymous Users is selected (it's not by default).
Or
You can also try this by initializing SmtpClient as follows:
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");

The server responds with 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated but only if you do not set UseDefaultCredentials to true. This indicates that the NetworkCredential that you are using is in fact wrong.
Either the user name or password is wrong or perhaps you need to specify a domain? You can use another constructor to specify the domain:
new NetworkCredential("MyUserName", "MyPassword", "MyDomain");
Or perhaps the user that you specify does not have the necessary rights to send mail on the SMTP server but then I would expect another server response.

error in sending email by yahoo smtp

i config my outlook 2010 by thie article to send and receive email from yahoo.com it works good without any problem.
i develop a small application to send my emails by my application but it gave me errors:
"unable to read data from the transport connection:an exist connection was
forcibly closed by the remote host."
my codes:
try
{
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.mail.yahoo.com", 465);
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("myid", "mypass");
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
mailMessage.From = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("myid#yahoo.com", "blabla");
mailMessage.To.Add(new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("xxx#live.com", "xxx#live.com"));
mailMessage.Subject = "test";
mailMessage.Body = "test";
mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = false;
mailMessage.SubjectEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
mailMessage.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
mailMessage.Priority = MailPriority.High;
smtp.Send(mailMessage);
Console.WriteLine("hooooooooooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa");
Console.ReadKey();
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Console.WriteLine(err.InnerException.Message);
Console.ReadKey();
return;
}

From MSDN
Some SMTP servers require that the client be authenticated before the
server sends e-mail on its behalf. Set this property to true when this
SmtpClient object should, if requested by the server, authenticate
using the default credentials of the currently logged on user. For
client applications, this is the desired behavior in most scenarios.
The UseDefaultCredentials = true sends to the SMTP server the credentials of the current logged in user (i.e. the Windows User) not the credentials you have defined.
Try with UseDefaultCredentials = false

Hmailserver C# SMTP

I'm just trying to get my hmailserver to send mail from my C# program. The part that's killing me is the SSL part.
I originally got this error: The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: SMTP authentication is required.
So I added: smtp.EnableSsl = true; and now I get Server does not support secure connections.
Here is my code, this is driving me nuts. Do I have to create my own SSL or is there a way to disable SSL on hmailserver side?
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("jlnt#ademo.net", "com", "NEW Item", emailBody);
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("1.1.1.250");
smtp.Port = 25;
NetworkCredential login = new NetworkCredential("ja#test.net", "dg");
smtp.Credentials = login;
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Send(mail);

Ahh okay what you have to do is in HMailServer go to advanced- ip ranges. Create a new IP range for example if you 192.168.1.2, you have to make the range 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3, then at bottom uncheck all the required smtp authentication boxes.
Annoying...

To enable secure connection to send email throught your email provider, you have to change the port number.
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("jlnt#ademo.net", "com", "NEW Item", emailBody);
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("1.1.1.250");
//smtp.Port =25;
smtp.Port =587;
NetworkCredential login = new NetworkCredential("ja#test.net", "dg");
smtp.Credentials = login;
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Send(mail);

i was having this issue, what i did was used localhost ip and EnableSsl to false
SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
smtpClient.Host = "127.0.0.1";
smtpClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("test#123test.com", "pass123");
smtpClient.EnableSsl = false;
// then your other statements like: from, to, body, to send mail
this guide will help you setup custom NetworkCredentials in HMailServer as used above, hope helps someone.

I have stumbled on this question when trying to configure hMailServer to work to e-mail sending from C#. I have tried the following:
C# SmtpClient - does not work with implicit SSL - see this question and answers
AegisImplicitMail from here - could not make it work with UTF-8 strings (I have diacritics in my strings)
MailKit from here - very powerful and mature, no problems using it
I aimed for the following:
decent security
being able to send e-mails to mainstream e-mail providers (e.g. Google, Yahoo) and reach Inbox
being able to receive e-mails from mainstream e-mail providers
C# code
public void MailKitSend(string senderEmail, string senderName, string subject, string bodyText, string receivers, string receiversCc)
{
// no receivers, no e-mail is sent
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(receivers))
return;
var msg = new MimeMessage();
msg.From.Add(new MailboxAddress(Encoding.UTF8, senderName, senderEmail));
msg.Subject = subject;
var bb = new BodyBuilder {HtmlBody = bodyText};
msg.Body = bb.ToMessageBody();
IList<string> receiversEmails = receivers.Split(new[] { ";" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();
foreach (string receiver in receiversEmails)
msg.To.Add(new MailboxAddress(Encoding.UTF8, "", receiver));
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(receiversCc))
{
IList<string> receiversEmailsCc = receiversCc.Split(new[] { ";" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();
foreach (string receiverCc in receiversEmailsCc)
msg.Cc.Add(new MailboxAddress(Encoding.UTF8, "", receiverCc));
}
try
{
var sc = new MailKit.Net.Smtp.SmtpClient();
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SmtpUser) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SmtpPassword))
{
sc.Connect(SmtpServer, 465);
sc.Authenticate(SmtpUser, SmtpPassword);
}
sc.Send(msg);
sc.Disconnect(true);
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
string err = $"Error sending e-mail from {senderEmail} ({senderName}) to {receivers}: {exc}";
throw new ApplicationException(err);
}
}
hMailServer configuration
1) Opened ports - 25, 143, 465, 995 are opened to ensure that you can send and receive e-mail
2) TCP/IP ports configuration
SMTP / 0.0.0.0 / port 25 / no security (allow receiving start process)
SMTP / 0.0.0.0 / port 465 / SSL/TLS security (must define a SSL certificate)
POP3 / 0.0.0.0 / port 995 / SSL/TLS security (use the same SSL certificate)
3) pre C# testing
Run Diagnostics from hMailServer Administrator
Use an e-mail client that allows manual configuration of various settings such as ports for each protocol, security. I have used Thunderbird. Include sending of e-mails to external providers and receiving e-mails from them (I have tried with Gmail).
I made no changes in IP ranges and left the implicit ones (My computer and the Internet).

Although it's 7 years passed since the accepted answer was posted - I also upvoted it in the beginning - I want to emphasize that the suggested solution disables the whole authentication process which is unnecessary. The problem is the line with :
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
Just remove that line and it should work.
I post here the working solution for me (note that I'm not using SSL):
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("a1#test.com", "foooo#gmail.com");
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("a1#test.com", "test");
client.Port = 25;
client.EnableSsl = false;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "...IPv4 Address from ipconfig...";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);

Send mail works locally but not on server?

This code works locally, but when I upload it to my server on Godaddy, it does not send the e-mail. Any idea why it doesn't work on their server? What do I need to change?
try {
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
mail.From = new MailAddress("Myemail#gmail.com");
mail.To.Add("Myemail#gmail.com");
mail.Subject = "New sign up";
mail.Body = "New member";
SmtpServer.Port = 587;
SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("Myemail#gmail.com", "**Mypass**");
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
SmtpServer.Send(mail);
} catch(Exception ex) {
throw ex;
}

They may be blocking outgoing SMTP connections in order to prevent spammers from using their service to send spam. You should check what error messages you're getting and check your server host's policy.

There are a couple of things you need to do when sending from inside a site hosted from Godaddy. Use their relay server to send the message (this won't work from your dev machine, you'll have to test it live after you upload it). Here is the relay server info. Also make sure the "from" address is an email within the same domain. I usually use the same as the toAddress. See here for info on why this is necessary.
This is the code I'm using to send from a site inside Godaddy:
btnSend.Disabled = true;
const string serverHost = "relay-hosting.secureserver.net";
var msg = new MailMessage(toAddress, toAddress);
msg.ReplyTo = new MailAddress(emailFrom);
msg.Subject = subject;
msg.Body = emailBody;
msg.IsBodyHtml = false;
try
{
var smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Host = serverHost;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("account", "password");
smtp.Send(msg);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//Log the errors so that we can see them somewhere
}

You need to send your email via the godaddy smtp servers. I experienced the same issue with them before I think. I believe they give instructions of how to login via their FAQ.

If you have ssh access to the server, try to telnet smtp.google.com via 25 and 465 ports also. If you get a timeout, then you're likely firewalled from connecting to these ports outside a certain IP range.
Port 587 is for TLS. As you're using SSL, try port 465.

Send mail from C# code using lotuslive credentials?

I am trying to send mail from C# code using lotuslive smtp. But I have no success in sending the mail. everytime it says {"Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host."}.
My code is working fine for other email hosts like gmail and yahoo.
below is the code that I have used.
MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
message.From = new MailAddress("fromaddress");
message.To.Add(new MailAddress("toaddress"));
message.Subject = "Test";
message.Body = "test";
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("companyname-com-smtp.mail.lotuslive.com", 465);
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("companycredentials", "password");
client.Credentials = credential;
client.EnableSsl = true;
try
{
client.Send(message);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
}

Outgoing SSL SMTP Server: -smtp.mail.lotuslive.com (port: 465) Please
Note: Outgoing SMTP access for third party email clients is not
available for Trial accounts.
If it is trail account then may cause some problems.
MailClient = new SmtpClient();
MailClient.Host = "smtp.mail.lotuslive.com/your host address";
MailClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
MailClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password);
MailClient.EnableSsl = true;
MailClient.Port = 465;
If you do not have demo account then Check this link - How to configure client in Outlook 2003.
Check these outlook configure settings match to your code settings.
If all this stuff is not the issue then it may be problem at your mail server. Check these links for information:
An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host in SMTP client
System.Net.Mail with SSL to authenticate against port 465