Re: Using System.Net.Mail

I think you are missing the point. He IS able to send email using classes in System.Web.Mail namespace. It is new classes in System.Net.Mail with which he is having problems.


-----Original Message-----
>From: "Booth, Bill" <[email protected]>
>Sent: May 4, 2007 3:21 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WEB] Using System.Net.Mail
>
>Test the connection from your server to the SMTP server using
>Microsoft's Portqry.exe utility. I can tell you if the port is filtered
>or blocked. Sometimes if you do not use the fully qualified name you can
>access the port but will not get a response. This utility wil show that
>as well.
>
>How to Use Portqry.exe to Troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server
>Connectivity Issues.
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310298 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clark, Michael
>(OFM)
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 12:55 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [DOTNET-WEB] Using System.Net.Mail
>
>
> 
>I'm going out of my mind trying to get System.Net.Mail to work in an
>app, but am having no joy.  I was using System.Web.Mail, and the
>following code works like a charm:
>
>MailMessage mm = new MailMessage()
>mm.To = "[email protected]";
>mm.From = "[email protected]";
>mm.Body = "Just testing this";
>mm.Subject = "Testing 123";
>
>SmtpMail.Send(mm);
>
>VS2005 says it's obsolete, so I'm trying to use the "new and improved"
>methods.  
>
>I look at the sample code in MSDN on using the Send method in
>System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient as found here:
>
>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/swas0fwc.aspx
>
>And the code that I am attempting to execute is:
>
>string to = "[email protected]";
>string from = "[email protected]";
>MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to); message.Subject =
>"Using the new SMTP client."; message.Body = @"Using this new feature,
>you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
>SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(Server); client.UseDefaultCredentials
>= true; client.Send(message);
>
>When the Send is executed this exception is raised:
>"An established connection was aborted by the software in your host
>machine "
>
>Looking further, the status code given is "GeneralFailure", the
>exception message is "Failure sending mail." and the inner exception
>message is "Unable to connect to the remote server".
>
>The problem may or may not be centered around the server name.  It's a
>server on our intranet, and I have tried both its name and its IP
>address, but no joy.  
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
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