send email in c#

Question

i\'ve tried to send email using this code..but an error occurred in smtp.Send(mail); messaging \"Failure sending mail\"

  MailMessage mail = ne         


        

Answer 1

You should be using the using statement when creating a new MailMessage, plus a few things you missed out like port number and enableSSL

using (MailMessage mail = new MailMessage())
{
    mail.From = new MailAddress("from@gmail.com");
    mail.To.Add(new MailAddress("to@yahoo.com"));
    mail.Subject = "test sample";
    mail.Body = @"thank you";

    SmtpClient smtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
    smtpServer.Port = 587;
    smtpServer.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("from@gmail.com", "password"); 
    smtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
    smtpServer.Send(mail);
}