How to use gmail SMTP in ASP.NET form

Question

I am a ASP novice and am troubleshooting a form for work. None of us here are ASP experts as we use PHP. But I am on the bottom of PHP experience as well, mostly working wit

Answer 1

protected void SendMail()
        {
            MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
            System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient client = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
            try
            {
                msg.Subject = "Add Subject";
                msg.Body = "Add Email Body Part";
                msg.From = new MailAddress("Valid Email Address");
                msg.To.Add("Valid Email Address");
                msg.IsBodyHtml = true;
                client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
                System.Net.NetworkCredential basicauthenticationinfo = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("Valid Email Address", "Password");
                client.Port = int.Parse("587");
                client.EnableSsl = true;
                client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
                client.Credentials = basicauthenticationinfo;
                client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
                client.Send(msg);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                log.Error(ex.Message);
            }
        }