Can I test SmtpClient before calling client.Send()?

Question

This is related to a question I asked the other day on how to send email.

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Answer 1

    private bool isValidSMTP(string hostName)
    {
        bool hostAvailable= false;
        try
        {
            TcpClient smtpTestClient = new TcpClient();
            smtpTestClient.Connect(hostName, 25);
            if (smtpTestClient.Connected)//connection is established
            {
                NetworkStream netStream = smtpTestClient.GetStream();
                StreamReader sReader = new StreamReader(netStream);
                if (sReader.ReadLine().Contains("220"))//host is available for communication
                {
                    hostAvailable= true;
                }
                smtpTestClient.Close();
            }
        }
        catch
        {
          //some action like writing to error log
        }
        return hostAvailable;
    }