Cannot send mail from an Azure VM using Gmail

Question

I am trying to send Email from an asp.net webform using Gmail. the code works from my machine but when I upload the code to my windows server 2012 in Azure I get Unable to connect to Remote Server - exception

here is my code:

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.Subject = "Subject";
mail.Body = "Main body goes here";

mail.From = new MailAddress("myAcount@gmail.com");

mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
mail.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
mail.SubjectEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;

mail.To.Add("aaaa@gmail.com");

NetworkCredential cred = new NetworkCredential("myAccount@gmail.com", "myPwd"); 
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
smtp.EnableSsl = true;

smtp.Credentials = cred;
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;

smtp.Send(mail);

Any ideas?

Is port 587 open on your VM? – CSharpRocks Jun 24 '13 at 20:08 — CSharpRocks, Jun 24 '13 at 20:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 06:19

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Make sure the local VM's Firewall rules are permitting outgoing connection via port 587. Here is a good article on how to create outbound Firewall rule.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 06:19

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