We are testing some code to send email messages using Gmail from a form, but get a time out error.
Can you tell us what is missing from this code to get the email message sent?
Try
Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient()
Dim mail As New MailMessage()
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = True
SmtpServer.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "MyPasswordGoesHere")
SmtpServer.Port = 465
SmtpServer.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"
mail.From = New MailAddress("[email protected]")
mail.To.Add("[email protected]")
mail.Subject = "Test Mail"
mail.Body = "This is for testing SMTP mail from GMAIL"
SmtpServer.Send(mail)
MsgBox("mail sent")
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToString)
End Try
Update: Code change using MailBee. This is how we are doing emails to all the customers:
Dim strSqlStatement As String = "Select CustomerName, Email " & _
"From Customers " & _
"Where Email Is Not Null"
If IsConnected() Then
' Set up the sql command and lookup the parent.
'----------------------------------------------
Using objSqlCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(strSqlStatement, ObjConnection)
With objSqlCommand
' Open the SqlConnection before executing the query.
'---------------------------------------------------
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
ObjConnection.Open()
Dim objDataReader As SqlDataReader = .ExecuteReader()
' Go through all the customers and send out the promotion emails.
'----------------------------------------------------------------
If objDataReader.HasRows Then
MailBee.Global.LicenseKey = "My license key goes here."
Dim objSMTP As New Smtp
Dim server As New SmtpServer(TextBoxSMTPServer.Text, TextBoxUserName.Text, TextBoxPassword.Text)
'SmtpServer.Host = TextBoxSMTPServer.Text
'SmtpServer.Port = TextBoxPort.Text
'SmtpServer.Timeout = 100
'If TextBoxUseSSL.Text = "Yes" Then
' SmtpServer.EnableSsl = True
'Else
' SmtpServer.EnableSsl = False
'End If
'If TextBoxUseDefaultCredentials.Text = "Yes" Then
' SmtpServer.UseDefaultCredentials = True
'Else
' SmtpServer.UseDefaultCredentials = False
'End If
'SmtpServer.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential(TextBoxUserName.Text, TextBoxPassword.Text)
objSMTP.SmtpServers.Clear()
objSMTP.SmtpServers.Add(server)
While objDataReader.Read()
If objDataReader("Email").ToString <> "" Then
objSMTP.Message.From.AsString = TextBoxEmailFrom.Text
objSMTP.Message.To.AsString = objDataReader("Email").ToString
objSMTP.Message.Subject = "Promotion: " & TextBoxID.Text
objSMTP.Message.BodyPlainText = "Dear " & objDataReader("CustomerName") & "," & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & TextBoxPromotionBodyText.Text
Try
objSMTP.Send()
Catch exBadPassword As MailBeeSmtpLoginBadCredentialsException
MsgBox("The login name or password is not correct.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Email")
blnThereWereErrors = True
Catch exBadFromAddress As MailBeeSmtpRefusedSenderException
MsgBox("The sender email must be the same as the user's email address.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Email")
blnThereWereErrors = True
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
blnThereWereErrors = True
End Try
End If
If blnThereWereErrors Then
Exit While
End If
End While
If blnThereWereErrors = False Then
MessageBox.Show("Mass emailing has completed." & vbCrLf, _
"Email Message.", _
MessageBoxButtons.OK, _
MessageBoxIcon.Information)
End If
End If
objDataReader.Close()
ObjConnection.Close()
Cursor = Cursors.Default
End With ' objSqlCommand
End Using ' objSqlCommand
Try using a different port number. You cannot use port 465 with System.Net.Mail
as it only supports "Explicit SSL". Have a look at this page for more info on this.
Gmail will accept port 25 or 587 when sending mail via VB.NET but times out using port 465.
Also make sure you have UseDefaultCredentials = False
Also have a look at this example on how to send mail using GMail in C# it might give you some more clue.