mail through gmail smtp server

[aradhanathawait]

I tried a lot to send email from my gmail id using the smtp server of gmail.com but I am getting request time out error. I increased the execution time in web.config then also getting the same error.

Please help me.

Thanx n Regards,
Aradhana

[aradhanathawait]

I tried a lot to send email from my gmail id using the smtp server of gmail.com but I am getting request time out error. I increased the execution time in web.config then also getting the same error.

Please help me.

Thanx n Regards,
Aradhana

[DrBunchman]

Can you print the code you are using to send the e-mail please.

Dr B

[Plater]

gmail is a little different, there are a few things you need to do.
1) Did you enable SMTP in the gmail settings? It's turned off by default
2) Did you follow the authentication instructions provided by gmail?
3) Did you remember that you have to turn on encryption for your smtp to work?

Also, pelase do not double post your questions, it's against the posting guidelines.
MODERATOR

[aradhanathawait]

Can you print the code you are using to send the e-mail please.

Dr B

Following is the code snippet i am using. Please tell me if some additional configuration is needed:-

 
System.Net.Mail.MailMessage Mail = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage("[e-mail]", tomail, submail, mesg);
 
Mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
Mail.Body = mesg;
System.Net.NetworkCredential mailAuthentication = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("[e-mail]", "mypwd");
 
System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient mailClient = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
 
mailClient.EnableSsl = true;
 
mailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
 
mailClient.Credentials = mailAuthentication;
 
mailClient.Send(Mail);
 

Thanx n regards,

Aradhana

[aradhanathawait]

gmail is a little different, there are a few things you need to do.
1) Did you enable SMTP in the gmail settings? It's turned off by default
2) Did you follow the authentication instructions provided by gmail?
3) Did you remember that you have to turn on encryption for your smtp to work?

Also, pelase do not double post your questions, it's against the posting guidelines.
MODERATOR

Please explain in detail from where to enable the above settings. Thank you very much for the ur advice. I won't repeat this type of mistakes in future.

thanx n regards,
Aradhana

[Plater]

Your code actually looks fairly correct.
I would guess that the user you are trying to send email as, has not enabled SMTP inside the gmail webpage.

[aradhanathawait]

Your code actually looks fairly correct.
I would guess that the user you are trying to send email as, has not enabled SMTP inside the gmail webpage.

Please tell me how to do that?

Thanx and Regards,
Aradhana

[Plater]

Please tell me how to do that?

Thanx and Regards,
Aradhana

Go to Gmail.
Follow their directions under "settings"