SmtpMail causes application to hang...

[zdrakec]

Hello all:

Using an "Imports System.Web.Mail " clause at the head of my module, and
after executing the following code:

Dim msg As New MailMessage
msg.From = sender
msg.To = recipient
msg.Attachments .Add(New MailAttachment( attachFile))
msg.Subject = subjectString
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = mailservername
SmtpMail.Send(m sg)

The message is sent just fine, but then my application refuses to
terminate... when sub Main ends, it just hangs, and a glance at my task
manager shows it to be using ever-increasing amounts of memory, and my
CPU usage shoots up to 100%, and I actually have to kill the
application for it to terminate. This did not start happening until
AFTER I installed the code above...

I see the same behavior whether I explicitly destroy the MailMessage
object or not, whether I reset the mail server name or not...
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
zdrakec

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

I don´t know the asnwer, but most of them related to System.Web.Mail are at:

http://systemwebmail.com/

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Hello all:

Using an "Imports System.Web.Mail " clause at the head of my module, and
after executing the following code:

Dim msg As New MailMessage
msg.From = sender
msg.To = recipient
msg.Attachments .Add(New MailAttachment( attachFile))
msg.Subject = subjectString
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = mailservername
SmtpMail.Send(m sg)

The message is sent just fine, but then my application refuses to
terminate... when sub Main ends, it just hangs, and a glance at my task
manager shows it to be using ever-increasing amounts of memory, and my
CPU usage shoots up to 100%, and I actually have to kill the
application for it to terminate. This did not start happening until
AFTER I installed the code above...

I see the same behavior whether I explicitly destroy the MailMessage
object or not, whether I reset the mail server name or not...
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
zdrakec

[zdrakec]

Thanks for the link, but unfortunately, I did not see anything that
addresses this issue there...

zdrakec

Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] wrote:

I don´t know the asnwer, but most of them related to System.Web.Mail are at:
http://systemwebmail.com/

[Cor Ligthert]

Zdrakec,

This snippet you show now in this newsgroup has been here often.

Mostly is the error that the smtp mailserver is not correct. That is not in
your situation. Therefore in my opinion has it to do with an endless loop
somewhere however not in this snippet.

Just my thought,

Cor

[zdrakec]

Hello Cor:

Well, this was my first thought, but there IS no loop between the
execution of this code and the exit from Sub Main.In fact, if I step
through execution after the send method call, everything runs just
fine... but after exiting sub Main, the application doesn't terminate.
This ONLY happens if the SmptMail.Send(m sg) is invoked, otherwise
not...

Still puzzled...

Thanks,
zdrakec

[Cor Ligthert]

Zdrakec,

Have you to test it (not for original) tried a me.close direct after the
send?

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

<zd*****@yahoo. com> schrieb;

Using an "Imports System.Web.Mail " clause at the head of my module, and
after executing the following code:

Dim msg As New MailMessage
msg.From = sender
msg.To = recipient
msg.Attachments .Add(New MailAttachment( attachFile))
msg.Subject = subjectString
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = mailservername
SmtpMail.Send(m sg)

The message is sent just fine, but then my application refuses to
terminate... when sub Main ends, it just hangs, and a glance at my task
manager shows it to be using ever-increasing amounts of memory, and my
CPU usage shoots up to 100%, and I actually have to kill the
application for it to terminate. This did not start happening until
AFTER I installed the code above...

If you are running virusscanners or firewalls, turn them off temporarily to
be sure that they don't cause the problem.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[zdrakec]

Hello Cor, Herfried:

There is no me.close to execute, this is being run from a module, not a
form class object. I turned off my virus scanner and firewall, but with
no change. I point out that the mail message is successfully being
sent!

I tried doing a "threading.thre ad.currentthrea d.abort" command, and
trapping the resulting ThreadAbortExce ption; however, while this does
in fact kill the app, it also gives me that annoying message
"Applicatio n has caused a problem... do you want to create a dump file"
dialog. Since this will end up being an unattended server process, I
can't have a dialog box open! I get this error despite the fact that
the exception is being caught...

More suggestions?

Cheers,
zdrakec

[Bill Burwell]

A co-worker had a similar problem. He commented out the line
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = mailservername
and SmtpMail worked.

This assumes the PC can send SmtpMail.

He thinks there was some bug in his mailservername value.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uU******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

<zd*****@yahoo. com> schrieb;

Using an "Imports System.Web.Mail " clause at the head of my module, and
after executing the following code:

Dim msg As New MailMessage
msg.From = sender
msg.To = recipient
msg.Attachments .Add(New MailAttachment( attachFile))
msg.Subject = subjectString
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = mailservername
SmtpMail.Send(m sg)

The message is sent just fine, but then my application refuses to
terminate... when sub Main ends, it just hangs, and a glance at my task
manager shows it to be using ever-increasing amounts of memory, and my
CPU usage shoots up to 100%, and I actually have to kill the
application for it to terminate. This did not start happening until
AFTER I installed the code above...
If you are running virusscanners or firewalls, turn them off temporarily

to be sure that they don't cause the problem.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[zdrakec]

Hello Bill:

Well, yes, when I comment that out, the problem goes away. However, the
message also does not get sent! This is why I tried resetting this to
an empty string after the send call, thus:

msg.Attachments .Clear()
msg = Nothing
SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = ""

Thanks though!

More?

Cheers,
zdrakec