Problems with sending Email

[gomzi]

Hi,
I would like to know whether sending mails through the classes available in .NET is a good idea or not. If no, then what are the other alternatives?

i.e. I see that the mails don't always get delivered.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gomzi.

[nateraaaa]

Hi,
I would like to know whether sending mails through the classes available in .NET is a good idea or not. If no, then what are the other alternatives?

i.e. I see that the mails don't always get delivered.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gomzi.

I use the System.Web.Mail class all the time. The only time the emails do not get delivered is if an exception is thrown while trying to send the email. Be sure to set up a try catch block around your email code and handle the exception if the code fails. I generally write my exceptions to the Event Viewer so I can get information on why the code failed.

Nathan

[gomzi]

I use the System.Web.Mail class all the time. The only time the emails do not get delivered is if an exception is thrown while trying to send the email. Be sure to set up a try catch block around your email code and handle the exception if the code fails. I generally write my exceptions to the Event Viewer so I can get information on why the code failed.

Nathan

Thanks Nathan. Well... I too use a try catch block, but the problem I face is that the mailing process doesn't throw any exception, its just that the mails simply don't get delivered.
Am facing this problem only with microsoft outlook. I don't have any problems with gmail or other such service providers.

[Frinavale]

Just a suggestion.
Try using System.Net.Mail instead of System.Web.Mail. The later is obsolete now (unless you're using .Net Framework 1.x).

Nathan's right about the exception being thrown when an email fails to send...you should keep a log of this.

-Frinny

[gomzi]

Just a suggestion.
Try using System.Net.Mail instead of System.Web.Mail. The later is obsolete now (unless you're using .Net Framework 1.x).

Nathan's right about the exception being thrown when an email fails to send...you should keep a log of this.

-Frinny

Thanks Frinny. I use System.Net.Mail and I also store the emailid and other necessary stuff about my users in the database through some code in the catch section.

But, my problem is that the mails get sent without any problem on my side. But, they just dont get delivered to my clients. (especially the ones using microsoft outlook)

[Frinavale]

Thanks Frinny. I use System.Net.Mail and I also store the emailid and other necessary stuff about my users in the database through some code in the catch section.

But, my problem is that the mails get sent without any problem on my side. But, they just dont get delivered to my clients. (especially the ones using microsoft outlook)

All the time?

-Frinny

[gomzi]

All the time?

-Frinny

No. Not all the time. Most of the times.

[Frinavale]

No. Not all the time. Most of the times.

It could be because of the user's email settings.
I myself have a block so that if you aren't on my email list, your email will not get through to me.

[gomzi]

It could be because of the user's email settings.
I myself have a block so that if you aren't on my email list, your email will not get through to me.

Hmm....I see. Will check that out.

Also, sometimes, the mails when sent , arrive quite late. Any particular reasons for that?
i.e. late in the sense that they take around 2-3 hours sometimes.

[senaka]

Hmm....I see. Will check that out.

Also, sometimes, the mails when sent , arrive quite late. Any particular reasons for that?
i.e. late in the sense that they take around 2-3 hours sometimes.

Yep, may I ask you whether you are using a free mail account or an account which might be detected as spam on the recieving end? This might be your problem. The late delivery depends on the scheduling algorithms used on your smtp server or any other mail sending server.

Regards,
Senaka.