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Sending email through Gmail SMTP server with C#

I would like my ASP.NET MVC application to send some standard letters to users of the web site. For testing purposes I have no local SMTP server and my provider has non that I know of. So I have to use public services like GMail’s SMTP.

How do I send e-mail using smtp.gmail.com and my GMail account? What exactly should I put to Web.config and whot to code provided my e-mail is [e-mail] and my password is password?

Thank you

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EDIT

When I try following demo program:

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        var client = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587) {
            Credentials = new NetworkCredential("[e-mail]", "puzzlehunters111"),
            EnableSsl = true
        };
        client.Send("[e-mail]", "[e-mail]", "test", "testbody");
        Console.WriteLine("Sent");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

It fails with exception. Most inner exception carries this message:

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 209.85.227.109:587

Also any all present answers (3 earliest) give me the same exception. What can I do with that?

Answer 1

This could be a firewall issue. The firewall on the server your code is running on could be blocking traffic on TCP port 587. It is also possible that it is being blocked in the network infrastructure between your server and the Internet.