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PO.NET Why can't I send email?
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copied!<p>Here is my code:</p> <pre><code>try { MailMessage m = new MailMessage ("testesmtpmic@gmail.com", "toMyEmail@gmail.com", "Quarterly data report.", "Hello, world."); SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 465); client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("testesmtpmic@gmail.com", "password"); client.EnableSsl = true; client.Send(m); Console.WriteLine("sent"); } catch (InvalidOperationException ey) { Console.WriteLine(ey.Message); } catch (SmtpFailedRecipientException sm) { Console.WriteLine(sm.Message); } catch (SmtpException ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } </code></pre> <p>This code produce this error at SmtpException: "Failure sending mail." The full is exception is this:</p> <pre><code>ex.ToString() "System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Failure sending mail. ---> System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 74.125.67.109:587 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress) at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Int32 timeout, Exception& exception) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.ServicePoint.GetConnection(PooledStream PooledStream, Object owner, Boolean async, IPAddress& address, Socket& abortSocket, Socket& abortSocket6, Int32 timeout) at System.Net.PooledStream.Activate(Object owningObject, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback) at System.Net.PooledStream.Activate(Object owningObject, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback)\r\n at System.Net.ConnectionPool.GetConnection(Object owningObject, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback, Int32 creationTimeout) 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 ConsoleApplication3.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\\users\\alan\\documents\\visual studio 2010\\Projects\\ConsoleApplication3\\ConsoleApplication3\\Program.cs:line 24" string </code></pre>

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