Question

I having problem on sending message on the server. But in my local I can send message to the emails using the free smtp server.

Maybe there’s a firewall or localhost is not accepted in the email policy?

Please advise.. thanks!

Code:

//send email
MailMessage objEmail = new MailMessage(new MailAddress(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["emailAdd"].ToString()), new MailAddress(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["emailAdd"].ToString()));
objEmail.Subject = "Test";
objEmail.Body = _Message;
objEmail.Priority = MailPriority.High;
SmtpClient SmtpMail = new SmtpClient();
SmtpMail.Host = "localhost";
SmtpMail.Send(objEmail);

Error:

System.Net.Mail.SmtpFailedRecipientException: Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [e-mail]
at System.Net.Mail.SmtpTransport.SendMail(MailAddress sender, MailAddressCollection recipients, String deliveryNotify, SmtpFailedRecipientException& exception)
at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)

Answer 1

This blog post answers basically the same question. Assuming you are sending through the IIS SMTP server, you may need to modify the Relay Restrictions to allow relaying from your IP address.