Question

I’m using MVC3 and need to send an email to a user. I don’t want to use a gmail server. But, I do want to use server 10.1.70.100. I don’t understand what I am doing wrong. Here is my code:

                var fromAddress = new MailAddress("[e-mail]", "From Name");                    var toAddress = new MailAddress(EmailID, "To Name");
                const string fromPassword = "";//To be Filled
                const string subject = "Verification Mail";

                string body = "You have successfully registered yourself. Please Enter your Verification code " + code.ActivatedCode;
                var smtp = new SmtpClient
                {
                    Host = "10.1.70.100",
                    Port = 587,
                    EnableSsl = true,
                    DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
                    Credentials = new NetworkCredential(),

                    Timeout = 100000
                };
                using (var message = new MailMessage(fromAddress, toAddress)
                {
                    Subject = subject,
                    Body = body
                })
                {
                    smtp.Send(message);
                }

Can someone suggest a way through which I don’t have to give my credentials??

Answer 1

For our OSS project we use this little helper. Hope it helps.

public void SendEmail(string address, string subject, string message)
    {
        string email = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("email");
        string password = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("password");
        string client = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("client");
        string port = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("port");

        NetworkCredential loginInfo = new NetworkCredential(email, password);
        MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
        SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient(client, int.Parse(port));

        msg.From = new MailAddress(email);
        msg.To.Add(new MailAddress(address));
        msg.Subject = subject;
        msg.Body = message;
        msg.IsBodyHtml = true;

        smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
        smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        smtpClient.Credentials = loginInfo;
        smtpClient.Send(msg);
    }