Updating Legacy Code from System.Web.Mail to System.Net.Mail in Visual Studio 2005: Problems sending E-Mail

Question

Using the obsolete System.Web.Mail sending email works fine, here's the code snippet:

 Public Shared Sub send(ByVal recipent As String, ByVal from As String, ByVal subject As String, ByVal body As String)
        Try
            Dim Message As System.Web.Mail.MailMessage = New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage
            Message.To = recipent
            Message.From = from
            Message.Subject = subject
            Message.Body = body
            Message.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html
            Try
                SmtpMail.SmtpServer = MAIL_SERVER
                SmtpMail.Send(Message)
            Catch ehttp As System.Web.HttpException
                critical_error("Email sending failed, reason: " + ehttp.ToString)
            End Try
        Catch e As System.Exception
            critical_error(e, "send() in Util_Email")
        End Try
    End Sub

and here's the updated version:

Dim mailMessage As New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage()

        mailMessage.From = New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(from)
        mailMessage.To.Add(New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(recipent))

        mailMessage.Subject = subject
        mailMessage.Body = body

        mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = True
        mailMessage.Priority = System.Net.Mail.MailPriority.Normal

        Try

            Dim smtp As New Net.Mail.SmtpClient(MAIL_SERVER)
            smtp.Send(mailMessage)

        Catch ex As Exception

            MsgBox(ex.ToString)

        End Try

I have tried many different variations and nothing seems to work, I have a feeling it may have to do with the SmtpClient, is there something that changed in the underlying code between these versions?

There are no exceptions that are thrown back.

Answer 1

The System.Net.Mail library uses the config files to store the settings so you may just need to add a section like this

  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp from="[email protected]">
        <network host="smtpserver1" port="25" userName="username" password="secret" defaultCredentials="true" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>