"Tull Clancey" wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I'm using the following code to attempt to send Email, it's part of an
> application I'm writing.  I don't need any fancy stuff, just a simple text
> message.  This code is just for testing but the final thing wont be any
> different apart from dragging info from a database.
>
> I can't get around the dreaded 0x80040213 error, The transport failed to
> connect to the server.
>
> From and To are definately correct, I've tried my ISP hostname, IP and
> localhost and nothing changes, same error.
>
> What pre-requisites do I need before I can send mail?  Exchange?  a local
> SMTP server?
>
> I've always understood as long as I have a Gateway connection to a router,
> 'localhost' should find my ISP and forward mail, as long as they receive on
> port 25.  I've checked all virus protection, port 25 is open, can't see
> anything in the firewall that should cause a problem.
>
> I've searched every group I can think of, most point to Exchange errors.
> The annoying think is, I'm sure this worked 6 months ago!
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated!
>
>
>         Dim mail As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail
>         Dim msg As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage
>
>         msg.From = txtFrom.Text
>         msg.To = txtRecip.Text
>         msg.Subject = txtSubject.Text
>         msg.Body = txtMessage.Text
>         msg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text
>
>         mail.SmtpServer = "localhost"
>
>         Try
>             mail.Send(msg)
>         Catch ex As Exception
>             MsgBox(ex.ToString)
>
>             While Not (ex.InnerException Is Nothing)
>                 ex = ex.InnerException
>                 MsgBox(ex.ToString)
>             End While
>
>         End Try
>
>
>

"ewok66" <ewo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7CB70AD-BCA1-420C-991C-6BC4E7D4170A@microsoft.com...
> You will need an SMTP server you can relay through.  <localhost> refers to
> the machine you are running the application from; most PCs don't have an
> SMTP
> server or smartrelay on them, and <localhost> will not find your ISP,
> since
> by definition <localhost> is the PC the application is running on.
>
> You will need to know the Fully Qualified Domain Name (i.e.
> servername.isp.com) of the SMTP server, and be allowed to relay through
> it.
>
> --
> --ewok
> MCSA+M,MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA,MCITP
>
>
> "Tull Clancey" wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'm using the following code to attempt to send Email, it's part of an
>> application I'm writing.  I don't need any fancy stuff, just a simple
>> text
>> message.  This code is just for testing but the final thing wont be any
>> different apart from dragging info from a database.
>>
>> I can't get around the dreaded 0x80040213 error, The transport failed to
>> connect to the server.
>>
>> From and To are definately correct, I've tried my ISP hostname, IP and
>> localhost and nothing changes, same error.
>>
>> What pre-requisites do I need before I can send mail?  Exchange?  a local
>> SMTP server?
>>
>> I've always understood as long as I have a Gateway connection to a
>> router,
>> 'localhost' should find my ISP and forward mail, as long as they receive
>> on
>> port 25.  I've checked all virus protection, port 25 is open, can't see
>> anything in the firewall that should cause a problem.
>>
>> I've searched every group I can think of, most point to Exchange errors.
>> The annoying think is, I'm sure this worked 6 months ago!
>>
>> Any help would be very much appreciated!
>>
>>
>>         Dim mail As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail
>>         Dim msg As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage
>>
>>         msg.From = txtFrom.Text
>>         msg.To = txtRecip.Text
>>         msg.Subject = txtSubject.Text
>>         msg.Body = txtMessage.Text
>>         msg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text
>>
>>         mail.SmtpServer = "localhost"
>>
>>         Try
>>             mail.Send(msg)
>>         Catch ex As Exception
>>             MsgBox(ex.ToString)
>>
>>             While Not (ex.InnerException Is Nothing)
>>                 ex = ex.InnerException
>>                 MsgBox(ex.ToString)
>>             End While
>>
>>         End Try
>>
>>
>>