Problem sending emails through AOL connection

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Steve Thurston

Hi,

I'm attempting to send emails for the first time using ASP.NET, so I'm
hoping there's just a beginner's error going on here for me. But my
emails aren't reaching their destination, and I don't know why.

My "development" machine is just my home machine. I'm connected to
the Internet via an AOL dialup connection.

I am running on XP Pro and my IIS server is (apparently) configured
correctly to allow my home machine to send emails:
IP Address: (All Unassigned)
Relay restrictions: All except the list below (list is blank)

(I don't leave that relay restrictions on that setting, since that
apparently exposes my server to spammer hijacking.)

My test webpage reports that the email is sent. My antivirus software
would seem to confirm this, since it scans it as it's being sent.

And yet it never reaches it's destination. I've tried to send it to
an AOL account and a Yahoo account, with no luck.

Does AOL block this sort of thing? Or can anyone think why this is
happening, or what I can investigate to find out more information?

My ASP.NET code is as follows:

<%@ page language="vb" %>

<%@ import namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>

<script runat="server">
sub Page_Load()
Dim objEmail as New MailMessage()
objEmail.To = "(My AOL account)"
objEmail.From = "(My real website account)"
objEmail.Subject = "Test E-mail"
objEmail.Body = "This is a test!"

SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost"

try
SmtpMail.Send(objEmail)
outError.innerHTML = "<u><b>Email sent.</b></u>"
catch objError as Exception
' Display error details
outError.innerHTML = "<u><b>Error while trying to mail
message</b></u><br>"
outError.innerHTML += objError.Message & "<br>"
outError.innerHTML += "<b>Error reported by:</b> " &
objError.Source
end try
end sub
</script>

<html>

<body>

<form id="theForm" runat="server">
<div id="OutError" runat="server" />
</form>

</body>

</html>
 
H

Hermit Dave

do you have iis smtp server installed ? if yes have you configured it to
relay the messages to aol's smtp server ? or say yahoo's smtp server ?
you need to configure the relay or set up your own domains smtp before you
can use localhost...
 
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Steve Thurston

Hi, Dave,

In trying to get the answers to your questions, I seem to have fixed
the problem, although I admit I'm not entirely certain how.

I *believe* the problem I had was that my machine wasn't in a default
domain (under System --> Computer Name --> Network ID). After taking
care of that, emails seem to work now. I never had to point my SMTP
service to AOL's SMTP server. I guess it just knows.

Thanks for your response,

Steve Thurston
 

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