Question

In my web app (ASP.NET MVC), I send an email using the following:

        MailMessage msg = new MailMessage("[e-mail]", "somewhere@recipient");
        msg.Body = "Message body";
        msg.IsBodyHtml = false;
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
        msg.Subject = "Subject";
        client.Send(msg);

My system.net Mail Settings are as follows in web.config:

  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="[e-mail]">
        <network host="mail.domain.com" port="25" defaultCredentials="false" userName="[e-mail]" password="mypassword" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

This sends out the email fine. The only issue I’ve experienced is that the email is sent and received within 2-3 minutes of the function call.

I’ve seen this on two hosts that use SmarterMail, and before I ask the good folks at serverfault.com and then question my host, I wanted to know if theres anything coding-wise that could be causing this 2-3 minute delay.

It may seem negligible, but I as a web surfer, hate it when emails that I’m supposed to get take long, specially if they have crucial information like login information.

Answer 1

i think this is about your servers network traffic.