Unable to send e-mail from "Contact Us" form via DASP SMTP

I have a "Contact Me" page on my DASP-hosted website to receive comments from viewers. However, the mail does not get relayed through the DASP SMTP server to the destination address. I have it configured per instructions in the KB articles.

My web.config settings are :

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp from="">
<network host="smtp.mydomain.net" userName="username" password="password" port="25" />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

The C# code in my submit button click event handler is :

MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
mailMessage.From = new MailAddress(email.Text.Trim());
mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]"));
mailMessage.Subject = subject.Text.Trim();
mailMessage.Body = message.Text.Trim();
mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = false;
SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("localhost");
smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);

Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong?

Thank you very much!

 

Hi Bob,


This is what I've got and it works for me;


Web.config;


<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp>
<network host="localhost" port="25"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>


I set up an email_handler class as follows (vb.net);


Imports System.Net.Mail
Imports System.Net


Public Class email_handler
Public Sub New()


End Sub


Public Function sendEmail(ByVal which As String, ByVal email As String, ByVal subject As String, ByVal htmlbody As String)
Dim from_address = "[email protected]"
Dim to_address = email
Dim mm As New MailMessage(New MailAddress(from_address),New MailAddress(to_address))
mm.Body = htmlbody
mm.Subject = subject
mm.IsBodyHtml = true


Dim smtp As New SmtpClient
smtp.Host = "localhost"
smtp.Send(mm)


mm = Nothing
End Function
End Class


Hope this helps.


Cheers,


Stuart

 

Stuart,


Thank you for your response. That is a very good way to do it. However, I found that my problem was that Ihad been using the "PostBackURL" property of the button control to move to another page displaying a thank you message to the user. Apparently, that command executes first and prevents the button click event handler from sending the mail message. I pulled that attribute out of the button declaration and was able to submit an email message from the form.


But I like your idea of an email handler class. I think I'll implement the same thing.


I do appreciate your help!


Bob Arndt