The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated

Question

I am getting this error

The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. e17sm974159fak.34

Web.config

<mailSettings>
    <smtp deliveryMethod="Network"
                from="[email protected]">
        <network defaultCredentials="false" host="smtp.gmail.com" port="587"
                    userName="[email protected]"  password="12345678" />
    </smtp>        
</mailSettings>

Code file

public void Submit()
        {
            EnsureCurrentlyValid();
            // Send via email
            var message = new StringBuilder();
            message.AppendFormat("Date: {0:yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm}\n", DateTime.Now);
            message.AppendFormat("Email from: {0}\n", Name);
            message.AppendFormat("Email: {0}\n", Email);
            message.AppendFormat("Message: {0}\n", Message);
            SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
            MailMessage m = new MailMessage(
                "[email protected]", // From
                "[email protected]", // To
                "Suggestion/Comments", // Subject
                message.ToString()); // Body

            smtpClient.Send(m);
        }

Answer 1

Try setting the EnableSsl property to true:

smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;

AFAIK this property can only be set in code and cannot be specified in the config file.