SG Windows IT Pro Group

Hi,

I have a problem sending e-mail messages through a SSL enabled mail server in ASPNET 2.0. I get a 'The operation has timed out' error when my program code try to send out an e-mail message.

This is what I coded in my Web.config file for the mail settings section but there is no option for me to specify the mail server as SSL-enabled in this mail setting tags

<system.net>

<mailSettings>

   <smtp from="xxxxxx" >

     <network host="yyyy" port="999" userName="xxxxxx" password="pppppp" defaultCredentials="true" />

  </smtp>

</mailSettings>

</system.net>

where xxxxxx = my e-mail address, yyyy = my SSL-enabled mail server name, 999= my mail server port number,  pppppp = my e-mail password.

I am using NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2008 in developing the mail application. How do I configure the mail settings for SSL-enabled mail server in my web config file and the C# coding to send out e-mail through a SSL-enabled mail server?

I hope someone could help me out. Thanks.

James

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Hi James,

You might want to try SGDOTNET.

Cheers.

I dunno if this helps, but I got a tiny site up that uses your settings here: http://www.taikyuu.com.sg/contact.aspx

Here's my staged settings:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!--
    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
    machine.config.comments usually located in
    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
-->
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">

    <appSettings>
     <add key="EmailTo" value="sales [at] blahblahblah.com.sg" />
     <add key="EmailSubject" value="Customer Enquiry / Request For Information" />
    </appSettings>
   
    <system.net>
     <mailSettings>
      <smtp>
       <network host="mailmx.blahblahblah.com.sg" defaultCredentials="false" />
   </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
 </system.net>
 
    <system.web>
     <!-- Set default masterpage -->
     <pages masterPageFile="~/Default.master" />

        <!--
            Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
            symbols into the compiled page. Because this
            affects performance, set this value to true only
            during development.
        -->
        <compilation debug="false"/>

        <!--
            The <authentication> section enables configuration
            of the security authentication mode used by
            ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
        -->
        <authentication mode="None"/>

        <!--
            The <customErrors> section enables configuration
            of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
            during the execution of a request. Specifically,
            it enables developers to configure html error pages
            to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
            <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm"/>
            <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm"/>
        </customErrors>
        -->
    </system.web>
   
</configuration>