[RESOLVED] Issues sending Gmail/Email

[garyrprimrose]

Hi there,

I am writing a simple app and am getting stuck trying to send email. It has worked before easy enough but changing to gmail has caused an issue.

Here is the (simple/rudimentary) code:
Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 465)
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = True
SmtpServer.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("email@gmail.com", "password")
Dim mail As New MailMessage("email@gmail.com", "email@gmail.com", "Test", "Test Body")
SmtpServer.Send(mail)

It hangs at .send with the following error:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.Mail.SmtpException' occurred in System.dll Additional information: Failure sending mail.

I attached a snap of the error.

Any ideas as I know my creds are right being as I logged in and out of gmail web app a few times on a few browsers (Google, IE, Edge).

Thank you,

Gary

[dbasnett]

Try port 587 instead of 465.

[garyrprimrose]

Bingo!

Between that and enabling "Less Secure Apps" in my account it now works.

Will test it with another account to make sure.

Much appreciated!!!!

Regards,

Gary

[Peter Swinkels]

Welcome to the forum. Glad to see your problem is solved. Could you mark this thread as resolved using the thread tools?

[garyrprimrose]

Marked as resolved Peter!

Thank you for the Welcome as it is great to be a part.

Regards,

Gary

[IvoryLawrance]

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