Question

Basically I have an MVC 3 form which sends a mail to my inbox when someone leaves a message on my site.

For some reason it throws an SmtpException with the message: “Failure sending mail.”

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Contact(string name, string email, string message)
    {
        string From = "contactform@******.com";
        string To = "info@******.com";
        string Subject = name;
        string Body = name + " wrote:<br/><br/>" + message;

        System.Net.Mail.MailMessage Email = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(From, To, Subject, Body);
        System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient SMPTobj = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.**********.net");

        SMPTobj.EnableSsl = false;
        SMPTobj.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("info@*******.com", "*******");

        try
        {
            SMPTobj.Send(Email);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            throw new Exception();
        }

        return View();
    }

Could this be something to do with testing it locally rather than testing it on a server?

Answer 1

Do you need to set the SmtpClient.Port to your Host email port?