C#: Failure Sending Mail

Question

I've tried multiple thing like:

• Use different variations, ports, SSL on or off, ...
• A different mail service provider
• Setting the "Allow less secure apps" in my gmail account settings

Question:

• How will I fix this error and send attachments successfully?
• What causes this error?
• Is it because the port may be blocked?

Error:

Exception thrown: 'System.IO.IOException' in System.dll
Exception thrown: 'System.Net.Mail.SmtpException' in System.dll
System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Failure sending mail. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: net_io_connectionclosed.
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpReplyReaderFactory.ProcessRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 read, Boolean readLine)
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpReplyReaderFactory.ReadLines(SmtpReplyReader caller, Boolean oneLine)
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpReplyReaderFactory.ReadLine(SmtpReplyReader caller)
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpConnection.GetConnection(ServicePoint servicePoint)
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpTransport.GetConnection(ServicePoint servicePoint)
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.GetConnection()
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)
   at TreeView.TreeView.<Email>d__28.MoveNext() in C:\Users\Alexander\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\TreeView\TreeView\TreeView\TreeView.cs:line 365

Code:

public void Email()
{
    try
    {
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient()
        {
            Host = @"smtp.gmail.com",
            Port = 465,
            Credentials = new NetworkCredential(@"mailid@gmail.com", @"Password"),
            UseDefaultCredentials = false,
            DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network,
            EnableSsl = true
        };

        MailMessage message = new MailMessage()
        {
            From = new MailAddress(@"mailid@gmail.com"),
            Subject = @"Test",
            Body = @"Test",
            Priority = MailPriority.Normal
        };

        message.To.Add(@"mailid@example.com");
        Attachment file = new Attachment(@"C:\Users\Alexander\Documents\File.txt");
        message.Attachments.Add(file);

        client.Send(message);
    }
    catch { }
}

Answer 1

For gmail I have

SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

client.Port = 587;

client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("mygmailusername@gmail.com", "mygmailpassword");
                ////email.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network ;

PS You may need to enable this:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en

APPEND:

Download this tool:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24009

And see if you can query that port/address

I get the below results:

=============================================

 *Starting portqry.exe -n smtp.gmail.com -e 587 -p TCP ...
Querying target system called:
 smtp.gmail.com
Attempting to resolve name to IP address...
Name resolved to 74.125.29.109
querying...
TCP port 587 (unknown service): LISTENING
portqry.exe -n smtp.gmail.com -e 587 -p TCP exits with return code 0x00000000.*

Answer 2

设置UseDefaultCredentials会始终将Credentials设置为null。

因此，您必须在设置UseDefaultCredentials = true/false之前设置Credentials。

参考：https://stackoverflow.com/a/27896975/5075227