Pls see the error in the code of email sending in asp.net using c#?

Question

this is the code for email sending but this gives error in try block...

 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
  EmailUtility email = new EmailUtility();
  email.Email = new MailMessage();
  string body = email.GetEmailTemplate(Server.MapPath("~/EmailTemplates"), "test.htm");


     EmailMessageToken token = new EmailMessageToken();
   token.TokenName = "$Name$";
  token.TokenValue = "Ricky";

  EmailMessageTokens tokens = new EmailMessageTokens();
  tokens.Add(token);

  //av.LinkedResources.Add(lr);
  email.Email.Body = email.ReplaceTokens(body,tokens);

  email.Email.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]"));
  email.Email.IsBodyHtml = true;
  email.Email.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]");
  email.Email.Subject = "Hello from bootcamp";
  email.SMTP.Host = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SMTPServer"];

  try
  {
    email.SMTP.Send(email.Email);
    Response.Write("Email sent !");
  }
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
    Response.Write(ex.StackTrace);
  }
}

pls Help

Error is:-

at System.Net.Mail.IisPickupDirectory.GetPickupDirectory() at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message) at _Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Users\Sahil\Desktop\Csharp Email Code(2)\Test website\EmailTest.aspx.cs:line 38

Answer 1

I'm going to read your mind and assume that you're seeing System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: Cannot get IIS pickup directory. Googling around, I see references to SMTP configuration you'll need in your web configuration. Your mail server may require credentials, so you might need something like this:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp from="fromaddress">
        <network defaultCredentials="true"
               host="smtpservername" port="smtpserverport" 
               userName="username" password="password"  />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
</system.net>

... in your web.config. Essentially, configure your web app to be able to talk with the SMTP server.

See this thread for more reference, and here's relevant MSDN documentation.