i am creating an email client that sends e-mail address from server ip instead of SMTP , i wrote the following code:
SmtpClient server = new SmtpClient();
server.Host= "50.23.128.66";
server.Port = 25;
server.Send("from#yahoo.com", "to#yahoo.com", "hi", "hope it works");
but when i run it, i get that error:
Unhandled Exception: System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Service not
available, closing transmission channel. The server response was:
Cannot connect to SMTP server
50.23.128.66 (50.23.128.66:25), connect error 10061
i actually think that port is wrong . * By the way i am using Windows Server 2008 *
I think "connect error 10061" is the same as errno == ECONNREFUSED on a POSIX platform, which means the connection did not succeed, probably because the host you tried to connect to isn't running any sort of server on port 25.
According to this SMTP Server Test the server is not open to receiving connections on port 25:
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 50.23.128.66:25
It's possible the server uses some form of encryption, and you will have to connect on one of the "secure" SMTP ports.
Are you sure it's an SMTP server, and not an IMAP server or the like?
Related
I've looked at 3 or 4 questions here so far and they haven't helped yet.
I have set up SmarterMail 14.x on a client's machine. I know very little about setting up mail servers (I don't know why he thinks I do) but I have it installed, a domain set up pointing to the MX record, the port open (9998) and I am able to send email just fine from the web interface.
However, I can't send email from Sql or from C#. I created a quick and dirty app to allow me to enter the server, port, credentials, and to/from and I get this response every time:
[Inner Exception]
Unable to connect to the remote server
[Details]
System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Failure sending mail. ---> > System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> > System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the > target machine actively refused it 204.12.49.188:25
I've tried multiple logins. I've also confirmed that SMTP is turned on and IMAP/POP3 is turned off. I'd post images of it but unfortunately I can't yet.
The code to send is below and it is about as simple as it gets:
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(ServerTextBox.Text, Convert.ToInt32(PortTextBox.Text));
NetworkCredential login = new NetworkCredential(UsernameTextBox.Text, PasswordTextBox.Text);
client.Credentials = login;
MailMessage message = new MailMessage(FromTextBox.Text, ToTextBox.Text, "Wine and Spirits Jobs Alerts", "Below are this week's job alerts: There are no job alerts at this time");
client.SendCompleted += HandleSendCompleted;
client.SendAsync(message, null);
I've also tried it locally on their VPS and on my machine. I've turned on and off the firewall and I've got a specific rule allowing outgoing traffic on 9998 (and you can log into the web interface remotely) so this isn't a matter of being able to contact it.
I'm at a loss of what to do. If someone can help??
EDIT: It's clear I was using the wrong port - 9998 instead of 25. Using port 25 now tells me either time out or that it was actively refused. The firewall does have specific rules for port 25 that allow all traffic, so it shouldn't be stopped.
EDIT 2: I've re-created the MX record on the domain and ensured it is pointing to the correct IP address. I've also re-created the domain in Smartermail and made sure SMTP is turned on, authentication is required, SSL is not, POP and IMAP are turned off, and that my login is correct. I've also tried turning on and off the firewall. No dice.
I finally solved the issue.
It had nothing to do with firewalls or the MX record or using/not using an IP address and everything to do with the fact that while port 25 was indeed assigned to SMTP and SMTP was indeed turned on, the IP address of the domain itself was NOT assigned to the SMTP configuration so SmarterMail wasn't actually monitoring the port.
Problem solved - email sends. Fun stuff! Thank you for everyone's responses!
Try setting SMTP mail server IP address in your mail sending code.
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "your mail server name or IP address goes here";
SmtpMail.Send(Message);
Your can set this property at global level or in any Initialization code.
Reference : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mail.smtpmail%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
I am using the trade client application on this link below to make connection between one of my VPS server and brokers server.
http://www.quickfixn.org/tutorial/example-applications .
After one week of struggle, I been able to make a connection to the broker's server finally in loosely speaking.
However, when I run the trade client application, at logon stage I am getting this errors:
Unable to write data to the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at QuickFix.SocketInitiatorThread.ReadSome(Byte[] buffer, Int32 timeoutMilliseconds)
in ... SoecketInitiatorThread.cs:line 170 ......
at QuickFix.SocketInitiatorThread.Read() in ... SoecketInitiatorThread.cs:line 80
......
The trade client application is keeping repeating the logon attempt, however, it keeps getting the same error message only.
Of course, with newbie like me on this QuickFix/n engine, I am really unable to figure out what went wrong. One possible area of investigation I can think of is that my stunnel certificate may be invalid as I am also very new to stunnel program (https://www.stunnel.org). I only followed the instruction from website to configure pem certificate with broker's ip address but I am not 100% sure about its purpose though.
Here is what I put on the "stunnel.conf" file:
[FIXORDER]
client = yes
accept = external ip of VPS : port eg.(10.160.103.65:22)
connect = broker ip address :port eg.(102.12.124.9:444)
Here is some record of logged message from stunnel program:
2014.11.26 17:23:44 LOG5[3348]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket
2014.11.26 17:23:48 LOG5[760]: Service [FIXORDER] accepted connection from x.xx.xx.xxx:xx
2014.11.26 17:23:48 LOG5[760]: s_connect: connected xxx.x.xx.xxx:xxx
2014.11.26 17:23:48 LOG5[760]: Service [FIXORDER] connected remote server from x.xx.xxx.xxx:xxx
2014.11.26 17:23:48 LOG3[760]: SSL_connect: Peer suddenly disconnected
2014.11.26 17:23:48 LOG5[760]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket
I built certificate using above "stunnel.conf" file using built in self certificate application.
As you see, it is kind of complicated for newbie like me, any thought or tips on this problem will be really appreciated.
Thanks so much in advance.
Kind regards.
M
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Updated on 27/11/2014
Here I am updating my error log from Stunnel log file after I set debug verbose high taking the suggestion from xapi1492.
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: Service [FIXORDER] started
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG5[944]: Service [FIXORDER] accepted connection from x.xxx.xxx.xxx:3667
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG6[944]: s_connect: connecting xx.x.xx.xx:9002
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: s_connect: s_poll_wait xx.x.xx.102:9002: waiting 10 seconds
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG5[944]: s_connect: connected xx.x.xx.xx:9002
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG5[944]: Service [FIXORDER] connected remote server from x.xxx.xxx.xxx:3668
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: Remote socket (FD=392) initialized
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG6[944]: SNI: sending servername: xxx.x.xx.xx
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: SSL state (connect): before/connect initialization
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: SSL state (connect): SSLv2/v3 write client hello A
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG3[944]: SSL_connect: Peer suddenly disconnected
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG5[944]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: Remote socket (FD=392) closed
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: Local socket (FD=380) closed
2014.11.27 01:10:46 LOG7[944]: Service [FIXORDER] finished (0 left)
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Updated on 28/11/2014
Still having difficult to find answer, so I decided to provide my config file for QuickFix client application.
[DEFAULT]
ConnectionType=initiator
ReconnectInterval=2
FileStorePath=store
FileLogPath=fixlog
StartTime=00:00:00
EndTime=00:00:00
UseDataDictionary=Y
DataDictionary=FIX44.xml
SocketConnectHost= xxx //my vps ip address
SocketConnectPort= xxx //my vps port //specified on stunnel
ResetOnLogon=Y
ResetOnLogout=Y
ResetOnDisconnect=Y
CheckLatency=N
LogonTimeout=10
# standard config elements
[SESSION]
BeginString=FIX.4.4
SenderCompID= xxx //my ID
Username= xxx //my username
Password= xxx //my password
TargetCompID=FIXORDER
HeartBtInt=30
SocketConnectHost= xxx //my vps ip address
SocketConnectPort= xxx //my vps port //specified on stunnel
DataDictionary=FIX44.xml
==================================================================================
Updated on 28/11/2014
Taking suggestion from xpa1492, I put Borker's IP address and port number on SocketConnectHost
and SocketConnectPort. Here is the log message I am getting from my QuickFix Client Application.
It seems that initial connection is made but maybe logon request is not valid somehow.
<event> connecting to xxx (ip address of broker);
<event> connection succeeded;
<event> session reset: ResetOnLogon;
<event> session reset ResetSetNumFlag;
<outgoing> 8=Fix4.4 ...... ;
<event> initiated logon request;
<incoming> 8=FIX4.4 .....;
<event> received logout request;
<outgoing> 8=FIX4.4 .....;
<event> sending logout response;
Details of incoming message from brokers when they send logout request.
<incoming> 8=FIX4.4 9=63 35=5 34=1 49=FIXORDER 52=20141128-02:09:00.495 56=TargetCompID(from acceptor standing point of view=SenderID for me) 10=171
It is very common for FIX servers to drop connections when they don't like something about your first message (which is always the logon message). Based on the error you are getting, this is exactly what is happening - you connect to the server, send the Logon message and then the server drops the connection.
The right way to solve the issue is to contact tech support on the other end and ask them why they are dropping the connection.
If this is not feasible, you will need to experiment with what might be wrong. In my experience, the problem is often a mismatch in the sequence numbers (tag 34). Most servers would maintain the last sequence number you sent (say 1) and after a disconnect would expect you to send your Logon message with the next number (2 in this example). Try starting from 1 and incrementing the seq number between reconnects.
Another possible issue is wrong CompIDs (Sender or Targer).
UPDATE (sTunnel and SSL certificate setup):
It is possible that the server drops the connection because you are not connecting over SSL... You stunnel.conf file needs to look like this:
; Enable debug (7 is the most verbose output)
debug = 7
output = stunnel.log
[FIXORDER]
client = yes
accept = 127.0.0.1:[port number your client connects to]
connect = [fix server ip]:[fix server port]
cert = xxx_cert.pem
key = xxx_key.pem
Note that accept can be 127.0.0.1 or the IP of your VPS server, but 127.0.0.1 is the preferred choice. Your Fix client can then also just connect to 127.0.0.1 (where sTunnel listens).
I have a program that I want to run on a server which is able to monitor various servers on a network and send out email notifications when certain situations involving those servers occur.
Currently, I am able to run this program on my local machine, and have it fire off emails (using gmail SMTP). However, when I try to run it on the server via the command prompt, it throws the following exception:
Unhandled Exception: System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Failure sending mail. --->
System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server --->
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed
because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time,
or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:587
The code related to the sending of the email is fairly simple:
static void sendEmail(MailAddressCollection mailCollection, string emailSender,
string emailDisplayName, string emailPassword,
string subject, string body) {
MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress(emailSender, emailDisplayName);
SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient {
Host = "smtp.gmail.com",
Port = 587,
EnableSsl = true,
DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
UseDefaultCredentials = false,
Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromAddress.Address, emailPassword)
};
MailMessage message = new MailMessage {
From = fromAddress,
Subject = subject,
Body = body
};
foreach (MailAddress mailAddress in mailCollection) {
message.To.Add(mailAddress);
}
smtpClient.Send(message);
}
The server in question is a 2008R2 box, and it does not have Windows Firewall enabled. Also, port 25 is definitely open, as this server can send other types of emails (specifically, those generated by a Dynamics CRM email router).
What could be causing this error?
The issue was related to Gmail blocking the IP address of the server attempting to send email.
When attempting to send emails using a Gmail account, first attempt logging into Gmail manually on that machine specific at that specific IP address, using a browser. I ultimately had to do this and go through the process of authenticating that the email send attempts from my server (being generated programmatically) were legitimate. If you do not go through this process like I did, Gmail can assume that your server is not a legitimate email sender and can continue to assume all traffic from your IP address is invalid--until you formally validate that IP address as described above.
I wrote this code in asp.net for sending email:
MailMessage mailObject = new MailMessage("a#b.com(I use fake email, exactly this email)", "info#mydomain.com", "contact us", "Test message");
SmtpClient smtpC = new SmtpClient("my smtp server name");
smtpC.Send(mailObject);
But I receive this exception:
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
Also I can not connect to my "smpt server name" via tel net:
telnet SMTPServerName 25
Connecting To SMTPServerName...Could not open connection to the host, on port
25: Connect failed
Is there any standard for troubleshooting this?
Most likely the server name or port is incorrect. Make sure you can send from an SMTP client before troubleshooting further in your code.
i am creating an email client that sends e-mail address from server ip instead of SMTP , i wrote that code:
SmtpClient server = new SmtpClient("50.23.128.66");
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage("from#yahoo.com", "tome#yahoo.com", "subject", "body");
server.Send(msg);
but when i run it , i get that error:
Unhandled Exception: System.Net.Mail.SmtpFailedRecipientException: Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Relaying Denied.
at System.Net.Mail.SmtpTransport.SendMail(MailAddress sender, MailAddressColl
ection recipients, String deliveryNotify, SmtpFailedRecipientException& exception)
* By the way i am using Windows Server 2008 *
and i configured the smtp server to localhost and port 25 , but i don`t know what is that relying error .
If you are using you localhost to rely email, you should be using 127.0.0.1 or localhost instead of that ip address you posted in your code.
Relaying is the method the SMTP server uses to authenticate that it should route the email from a particular sender. An "open relay" means that there is no authentication and the SMTP server will send email sent from anyone. This is not a good practice and there are probably some mechanisms on this particular SMTP server to authenticates, such as a user name and password or even the IP address of the sender. Check with the administrator of the SMTP server to see what is required. I would think at a minimum you would need to set the user name and password, which you did not do in your code example.