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Answer 1

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Is it possible that your host's smtp server requries some type of authentication to relay the mail? That is all I can think of. When you instantiate the SmtpClient, try setting the credentials, I'm not certain what credentials you would supply, perhaps something from your hosting provider?

RandomNoob 2009-12-16 14:47:46

Answer 2

A:

Almost any shared hosting (you only have access to a FTP site) is going to be medium trust. Its a common limitation. You have to develop against a medium trust server in order to weed out those issues. Sometimes they're easy to deal with, sometimes not.

An alternative is to do virtual hosting. You get a virtual server that you can administer yourself. That way you can run your websites under full trust. I do that with my 1and1 website. While people bitch about them (what host doesn't have people bitching about it?) they have the cheapest virtual servers out there, last time I checked.

Will 2009-12-16 15:02:31

yeh but isn't system.net.mail only a medium trust proceedure? isn't this a standard way of sending mail? surely they wouldn't block this.

David 2009-12-16 17:47:24

Medium trust means we don't trust you to get hijacked by a virus/vulnerability and start acting as a spam gateway.

Will 2009-12-17 14:02:31

Answer 3

A:

You could also try modifying your web.config and changing the trust level in there. I've had similar issues in the past with a couple of other hosts, and this worked for me:

<system.web>
    <trust Level="Full" />
</system.web>

Mun 2009-12-16 15:05:15

one and one seems to not allow overides on this:Parser Error Message: This configuration section cannot be used at this path. This happens when the site administrator has locked access to this section using <location allowOverride="false"> from an inherited configuration file.

David 2009-12-16 17:51:19

Yep, I think it was a long shot anyway :-)

Mun 2009-12-16 19:44:46

Answer 4

+2 A:

And the answer is........

1and1 do not allow access to system.net.mail. But do however allow access the obsolete system.web.mail (oh joy)

basic instructions with available mail server here

David 2009-12-16 19:10:34

Answer 5

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I have this problem too on http://www.hulkmedia.net on my contact form.

Calling 1and1.com to try and get this resolved. Do you have a copy of the machine.config file?

Daniel Newman 2010-01-12 21:59:54

just use system.web.mail works straight away

David 2010-01-15 10:40:31

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