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Daniel Rogers 143 posts 742 karma points

Dec 26, 2018 @ 05:17
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Email settings for gmail
I have read plenty of threads on this topic all are a few years old and giving me no new insights.

I have a website using a uskinned skin and trying to get a contact page to work, I have done this a few times now using the godaddy email system as the host. But are not a huge fan so are trying to setup a new client on the gmail business system and a named email domain. The website is hosted on godaddy and I have the email working in outlook with the mx records all setup in godaddy etc.

My problem is the contacts page on the website dosnt work.

web.config is configured as
```
<mailSettings>
  <smtp from="[email protected]">
    <network host="smtp.gmail.com" port="587" userName="[email protected]" password="v}fbrD>>_jcR" defaultCredentials="false" enableSsl="true" />
  </smtp>
</mailSettings>
```
Outlook 2019 sets itself up using port 465.

If I use port 587 umbraco smtp health check has an issue. But if I use 465 it passes.

However the contacts page doesnt work either way.

Gmail is setup for imap, use less secure apps.

If I swap out all the smtp settings for my own email account (hosted at godaddy) the form works.

Any surgestions what I may be missing.
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Daniel Rogers 143 posts 742 karma points

Dec 27, 2018 @ 13:26

Have copied the settings into a project running in visual studio

<mailSettings>
  <smtp from="[email protected]">
    <network host="smtp.gmail.com" port="465" userName="[email protected]" password="v}fbrD>>_jcR" defaultCredentials="false" />
  </smtp>
</mailSettings>

By having 465 it keeps the health check happy.

Inside my contactformcontroller I have inserted the following lines

            smtp.EnableSsl = true;
            smtp.Port = 587;

in between these 2 lines

           System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
           smtp.Send(msg);

in my visual studio the email sends in the live site it dosnt work.

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Daniel Rogers 143 posts 742 karma points

Dec 28, 2018 @ 03:41
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Godaddy doesn't allow a third party email on its hosting.

Solution is to use there relay services.

remove added lines above from surface controller.

web.config file needs to be set as
```
  <smtp from="[email protected]">
    <network host="relay-hosting.secureserver.net" 
     port="25" />

  </smtp>
```
done.
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