c# Send email using visual studio 2015

Question

I am trying to send an email using visual studio 2015 on a windows pc. i amusing a outlook email adress to send the emails please can somebody help me get the code rigth. i have tried many methods but they either timeout or say that they caanot send failure to send email. Please help

SmtpClient cv = new SmtpClient("smtp.live.com", 25);
cv.EnableSsl = true;
cv.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("xxxemail@mail.com", "password");
try
{
    cv.Send("xxxemail@mail.com", "xxxanotheremail@mail.com", "", "Hello");
    MessageBox.Show("Done");
}
catch(Exception w)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Not send" + w.InnerException);
}

Please add your code to the question so we know what you've tried. — Matt Hogan-Jones, May 11 '18 at 15:28
There are a few ways to do this - I guess it would be best if you pick one of your failed attempts and give some specifics about the error that you're getting. — Paul Michaels, May 11 '18 at 15:29
I'm pretty sure live.com requires a different port than the standard smtp port 25. Also I think it makes most people wince to read *"Send E-Mail using Visual Studio"*. — Filburt, May 11 '18 at 15:34
Do you know if there is possibly a firewall blocking the SMTP port? — Wiz, May 11 '18 at 15:35
where would i check my firewall settings? and i did change the port to 587 now — Richard Teunen, May 11 '18 at 15:35
Possible duplicate of [How to add smtp hotmail account to send mail](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9851319/how-to-add-smtp-hotmail-account-to-send-mail) — Liam, May 11 '18 at 15:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 11 '18 at 16:01

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you must figured out that setting the SmtpClient Credentials property before setting the UseDefaultCredentials = false causes the credentials to be ignored.

fails:

SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("richardteunen2@hotmail.com","pass");
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

Works:

SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient;
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("richardteunen2@hotmail.com","pass");

edited May 11 '18 at 16:01

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answered May 11 '18 at 15:40

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still not working. It just says that the operation timed out – Richard Teunen May 11 '18 at 15:56

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '18 at 18:38

    public async Task<bool> SendAsync(EmailMessage message)
    {
        bool result = true;

        try
        {
            using (var email = new MailMessage("from@gmail.com", "to@gmail.com", message.Subject, message.Body))
            {
                var mailClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587) { Credentials = new NetworkCredential("from@gmail.com", "password"), EnableSsl = true };

                await mailClient.SendMailAsync(email);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            result = false;
        }

        return result;
    }
}
Hotmail settings
Server          Port
smtp.live.com   25, 587

c# Send email using visual studio 2015

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