"Unable to connect to the remote server" Error

Question

I'm trying to send an email from my website.

this is my code:

public string SendEmail()
    {
    string sMessage;
    SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("mail.test.com",25);
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
    try
        {
         smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("web", "test1234", "myDomain");
         MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress("web@test.com", "web");

         message.From = fromAddress;
         message.To.Add("test@gmail.com"); 
         message.Subject = "test";
         message.Body = "TEST";
         message.IsBodyHtml = true;
         smtpClient.EnableSsl = false; 
         smtpClient.Send(message);
         sMessage = "Email sent.";
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            sMessage = "Coudn't send the message!\n " + ex.Message;
        }
        return "";
    }

But I'm getting the following error:

"Unable to connect to the remote server"

The data (host name, port, credentials) is correct, I checked it in a few SMTP checkers (for ex this one) and it worked fine.

I tried everything I found online:

smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;

And different ports but nothing helped, I keep getting the error.

What am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something?

Mbithy Mbithy Mbithy Mbithy · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-05T10:58:46

Instead of:

smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("web", "test1234", "myDomain");

try:

smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("emailaddress", "password");

Here is an example of a task I use to send email:

public Task SendEmail(string email, string subject, string body)
 {
 try
 {
 var mailClient = new SmtpClient
 {
 Host = "mail.mydomain.com",
 Credentials = new NetworkCredential("email@mydomain.com", "mypasword"),
 Port = myport,
 DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network
 };

 var msg = new MailMessage("from email", email, subject,body) {IsBodyHtml = true};
 mailClient.Send(msg);

 return Task.FromResult(0);
 }
 catch (Exception ex)
 {
 return null;
 }
 }

"Unable to connect to the remote server" Error

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