Send e-mail using SSL

Question

I want my application to send e-mail using \'SMTP over SSL\' even if TLS is not supported by server. So far I have tried

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Answer 1

According to the SMTPClient spec: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient.enablessl(v=vs.110).aspx

The SmtpClient class only supports the SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security as defined in RFC 3207. In this mode, the SMTP session begins on an unencrypted channel, then a STARTTLS command is issued by the client to the server to switch to secure communication using SSL. See RFC 3207 published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for more information.

You can try using System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail, which is deprecated, but which supports SSL:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mail.smtpmail(v=vs.110).aspx

TBH I think you should place a caveat on your service and state that only SMTP servers that use TLS are supported. But at the end of the day, that is up to you.