I try to send an email (with gmail) in C#. I check the solutions I can find on google but it never works for me, I always have the error :
SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not
authenticated. The response from the server Was: 5.5.1 Authentication
Required.
This is an exampe of code :
string smtpAddress = "smtp.gmail.com";
int portNumber = 587;
bool enableSSL = true;
string emailFrom = "*****#gmail.com";
string password = "*****";
string emailTo = "******#gmail.com";
string subject = "Hello";
string body = "Hello, I'm just writing this to say Hi!";
using (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);
}
}
The MSDN says that : 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.
So you need to set smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false; before assigning Credentials, So your code will looks like the following:
using (SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(smtpAddress, portNumber))
{
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(emailFrom, password);
smtp.EnableSsl = enableSSL;
smtp.Send(mail);
}
I find the solution which works for me. The solution proposed by un-lucky
was good but I need to configure gmail account.
So the code is :
string smtpAddress = "smtp.gmail.com";
int portNumber = 587;
bool enableSSL = true;
string emailFrom = "****#gmail.com";
string password = "*****";
string emailTo = "****#gmail.com";
string subject = "Hello";
string body = "Hello, I'm just writing this to say Hi!";
using (MailMessage mail = new MailMessage())
{
mail.From = new MailAddress(emailFrom);
mail.To.Add(emailTo);
mail.Subject = subject;
mail.Body = body;
using (SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(smtpAddress, portNumber))
{
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(emailFrom, password);
smtp.EnableSsl = enableSSL;
smtp.Send(mail);
}
}
Moreover in your gmail account, you have to make this changes.
gmail account changes
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 am getting Time-out Error.
I am not able to send email using this code. I tried almost every
possible way but of no use.
try
{
string myString = "Hello I am new email message. I am delivered for testing.";
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage("XXXXXXXXXX", "XXXXXXXXXX");
//mm.CC.Add("XXXXXXXXXX");
mm.Subject = "Subject have been successfully placed.";
mm.Body = myString.ToString();
mm.IsBodyHtml = true;
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
System.Net.NetworkCredential NetworkCred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential();
NetworkCred.UserName = "XXXXXXXXXX";
NetworkCred.Password = "XXXXXXXXXX";
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.Credentials = NetworkCred;
smtp.Port = 465;
smtp.Send(mm);
Request.Cookies.Clear();
}
catch (Exception ee)
{
Response.Write(ee.Message);
}
try this
private void SendMail()
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient mailClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
mail.From = new MailAddress("Setfromaddress");
mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("recepient#gmail.com"));
mail.Subject = "Test";
mail.Body = "This is a test";
mailClient.EnableSsl = true;
mailClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("Username", "Password");
try
{
mailClient.Send(mail);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
WriteErrorOutput(ex.Message);
}
}
also I think we need to check the connection
To run the telnet and test on a Windows in your computer:
1.Open the Start menu, and select Run.
2.Enter command in the Open: field, and click OK.
3.Enter 'telnet smtp.gmail.com 465,' and hit Enter, or enter 'telnet smtp.gmail.com 587' instead.
I am trying to send an email through and C# application (Console). Actually I would like it to send an email to any type of email but for the time being if I can get it to send to a gmail account I would be happy enough.
I just want to be able to get this to send to a gmail account for the time being?
Whole Program:
namespace EmailAddress
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program test = new Program();
test.email_send();
}
public void email_send()
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
mail.From = new MailAddress("hg#gmail.com");
mail.To.Add("hg#gmail.com");
mail.Subject = "Test Mail - 1";
mail.Body = "Your attachment is accessible on your computer!";
System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("g:/example1.txt");
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);
SmtpServer.Port = 587;
SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("your mail#gmail.com", "your password");
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
SmtpServer.Send(mail);
}
}
}
New code: Doesn't hang but will not send the message to the inbox
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program test = new Program();
//test.email_send();
test.CreateTestMessage4();
}
public void email_send()
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
mail.From = new MailAddress("g#gmail.com");
mail.To.Add("g#gmail.com");
mail.Subject = "Test Mail - 1";
mail.Body = "Your attachment is accessible on your computer!";
System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("g:\\example1.txt");
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);//list of attachements
smtp.Port = 587;//google standard -- most of the time wouldn't not set
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("*","*");
smtp.Send(mail);
Console.WriteLine("-- Sending Email --");
Console.ReadLine();
}
Can someone try this code and see if it works. For some reason this isn't working so I would like to have someone's fresh perspective of this. I just call this in the main method for an instance of the class.
public void email_send()
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
mail.From = new MailAddress("your email address");
mail.To.Add("your email address");
mail.Subject = "Test Mail - 1";
mail.Body = "Your attachment is accessible on your computer!";
System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("g:\\example1.txt");
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);//list of attachements
//smtp.Port = 587;//google standard -- most of the time wouldn't not set
//smtp.EnableSsl = true;
//smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
//smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
//smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("your address",
"your password");
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("*", "*"); smtp.Send(mail);
Console.WriteLine("-- Sending Email --");
Console.ReadLine();
}
Your code is close:
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
using (SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com")) {
mail.From = new MailAddress("haufdoug#gmail.com");
mail.To.Add("haufdoug#gmail.com");
mail.Subject = "Test Mail - 1";
mail.Body = "Your attachment is accessible on your computer!";
System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment;
attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("g:\\example1.txt");
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("your mail#gmail.com", "your password");
smtp.Send(mail);
}
Now, regarding some of your other questions.
Port 587 is used by Google only. Typically the mail server you connect to will tell you what port to use for SMTP mail; Google said there's is 587.
For sending through other servers you typically won't set the port number.
side notes:
SmtpClient implements the IDisposable interface. So it should be wrapped in a using clause to ensure it is properly disposed of when complete. Unless you are using the .SendAsync() method.
I changed the variable name from SmtpServer to smtp for two reasons. First, naming convention. Variables inside a method are recommended to be camel case (forExampleThis). Second, SmtpServer is a misnomer as the object is an SmtpClient. Those are very different things and it's just bad practice to misname things.
Can you try this, it's working for me:
SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient();
SmtpServer.Port = 587;
SmtpServer.Host = smtp.gmail.com;
SmtpServer.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
SmtpServer.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("your mail#gmail.com", "your password");
This may be very trivial for you but i just couldn't figure out why am i getting this error message when i run my code. I looked some of the relative questions on this same website for eg Sending email through Gmail SMTP server with C#
but none of them was helpful. Anyone willing to help please?
using different assemblies are also acceptable. so if anyone got a working solution that would be appreciated.
Error Message = 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
here is my code
System.Net.Mail.MailMessage message = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
message.From = new MailAddress("bob#googlemail.com");
message.To.Add("bob#hotmail.com");
message.Subject = "Hello";
message.Body = "Hello Bob ";
message.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;
SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtpClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("MyGoogleMailAccount",
"mygooglemailpassword");
smtpClient.Send(message.From.ToString(), message.To.ToString(),
message.Subject, message.Body);
I don't think there's anything wrong with your code other than the e-mail addresses. I used this code to successfully send an e-mail from gmail to my personal account (ran it in LINQPad, actually). Simply replace the 3 string values with valid values for your accounts and you should be good to go:
MailMessage message = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
string fromEmail = "myaddr#gmail.com";
string fromPW = "mypw";
string toEmail = "recipient#receiver.com";
message.From = new MailAddress(fromEmail);
message.To.Add(toEmail);
message.Subject = "Hello";
message.Body = "Hello Bob ";
message.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.OnFailure;
using(SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587))
{
smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtpClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromEmail, fromPW);
smtpClient.Send(message.From.ToString(), message.To.ToString(),
message.Subject, message.Body);
}
By this post.
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("you#yourcompany.com", "user#hotmail.com");
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Port = 25;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Host = "smtp.google.com";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "this is my test email body";
client.Send(mail);