Question:

Question:  Hi all,

I am a newbie to sending email. I need some guidance.

I have code written for sending email using System.Net.Mail … SMPT.

Questions:
1. What do i need in order for the web server to run my code… eg .. do i need to have authentication set up …Etc…

Below is code that i am using ….

This works fine when i run it on my desktop but when i run in production off the web server i dont get any error or any emails.  (is there something i am missing?)

code snip1:
using System.Net.Mail;
:
:
SmtpClient mailClient = new SmtpClient();
mailClient.Host = “smtp.somelink.com”;
mailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
mailClient.Send(sender);

public class EmailMessage
{
#region Static Definitions
//private static log4net.ILog _log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
internal static string SMTPServer;
static EmailMessage()
{
SMTPServer = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPServer"] ; //System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SMTPServer"];
if (SMTPServer == null)
{
SMTPServer = “localhost”;
}

}
#endregion

Solution:

I really should finish my replies before clicking Submit!  Hopefully this will be the last one unless you have another question lol

SMTPServer = “localhost”;

That should be something like

SMTPServer = “000.000.000.000″  with the 0’s beign the actual address.  If the server is your own machine then just do ipconfig in Command Prompt (Start->Run->cmd) and it will tell you your IP.