Using Gmail And Web Api To Send Email Failing

Question

I am currently busy with a Web Api allication that sends emails using the credentials from my gmail account. I have the following in my webconfig file

<mailSettings>
      <smtp from = "mygmailemailaddress" >
        <network host="smtp.gmail.com"
                port="587"
                userName="mygmailemailaddress"
                password="myaccountpassword"
                enableSsl="true" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>

However, this keeps failing, what is the issue and how do I fix it?

Answer 1

Hi @37349445 ,
Could you post us the details of your error message?
The reason of your problems I think there are these:

1. Maybe the name or password isn't right. You can check whether the user name and password are correct. When sending email via code, you need to pass the full email address as the username.
2. Maybe Gmail has blocked your application, you need to modify the settings of the less secure application and open the access to the less secure application.

Best regards,
Lan Huang

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