Question

can anyone see why this wont send…ive checked email address and password numerous times…

Imports System.Net.Mail

Protected Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
 Dim Mail As New MailMessage
    Mail.From = New MailAddress("[e-mail]")
    Mail.To.Add("[e-mail]")
    Mail.Subject = "test"
    Mail.Body = txtcomment.Text
    Dim smtp As New SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com")
    smtp.Port = 587
    smtp.EnableSsl = True
    smtp.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("[e-mail]", "mypassowrd")
    smtp.Send(Mail)
    lblconfirm.Text = "Sent Successfully"
 Catch ex As Exception 
        lblconfirm.Text = "There was an error"
    End Try


End Sub

Answer 1

A few thoughts:

• First, what is the error message you’re seeing? The Exception type, message and stack trace can tell you a lot about what’s going on.
• Second, have a look at this possibly related posting. The order in which you configure the SMTP client’s properties can matter.