Asp.Net 2.0 Net.Mail. I don't know what else to try. Thanks.

[shapper]

Hello,

I am trying to send an email from a form in my web page.

I have the following codes:

...
Dim mailSettings As New
System.Net.Configuration.MailSettingsSectionGroup
Dim smtpClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
smtpClient.Host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = False
smtpClient.Port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod =
System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network
smtpClient.Credentials = New
System.Net.NetworkCredential(mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName,
mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password)

smtpClient.Send(message)
...

And in my Web.Config file I have:

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod = "network">
<network defaultCredentials = "true"
host = "mail.domain.com"
password = "secret"
port = "25"

userName = "(e-mail address removed)" />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

I am getting the error:
"ConfigurationSectionGroup cannot be edited before being added to a
section group belonging to an instance of class Configuration"

I looked for a solution all day and I can't solve this.

Could someone tell me what am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[Guest]

I think what's happening here is you are using the "new" keyword, e.g. you
are trying to create a new section instead of reading the existing one.
Here's a link to the documentation on how you "read" the settings:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/system.net.configuration.mailsettingssectiongroup.smtp.aspx

Peter

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Please review this forum post by Ryan Olsham, MVP :

http://forums.asp.net/thread/1437034.aspx

It shows you the correct way to access mailsettings in web.config.

 

[shapper]

Hi,

I solved it this way:

' Create and define the SMTP client
Dim smtpClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient

' Create access to configuration file
Dim configurationFile As Configuration =
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~/Web.Config")

' Create mail settings section group
Dim mailSettings As
System.Net.Configuration.MailSettingsSectionGroup =
configurationFile.GetSectionGroup("system.net/mailSettings")

' Define smtp client properties
If Not mailSettings Is Nothing Then
With smtpClient
.Port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port
.Host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host
.Credentials = New
System.Net.NetworkCredential(mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName,
mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password)
End With
End If

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:

Thanks

You're quite welcome, Miguel.
Glad to see you're up and running.




Hi,

I solved it this way:

' Create and define the SMTP client
Dim smtpClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient

' Create access to configuration file
Dim configurationFile As Configuration =
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~/Web.Config")

' Create mail settings section group
Dim mailSettings As
System.Net.Configuration.MailSettingsSectionGroup =
configurationFile.GetSectionGroup("system.net/mailSettings")

' Define smtp client properties
If Not mailSettings Is Nothing Then
With smtpClient
.Port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port
.Host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host
.Credentials = New
System.Net.NetworkCredential(mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName,
mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password)
End With
End If

Thanks,
Miguel