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I am using Visual Studio Express 2013 and Visual Basic., Windows 10. The statement:
NetworkCredential MyCredentials = New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
will not compile. Error is "NetworkCredential is a type and cannot be used as an expression"
My imports are:
Imports System.Net.Mail
Imports System.Net.Mime
Imports System.Net
What am I missing?
Hi @Ronald Chandler ,
After Google has enabled a new security policy, you should use app passwords to connect to Gmail SMTP server.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/72626684/17334287
For questions related to Google Mail, it is recommended that you post to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/gmail
Try Dim MyCredentials = New NetworkCredential("username", "password") or Dim MyCredentials As NetworkCredential = New NetworkCredential("username", "password").
My code:
Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient()
Dim Email As New MailMessage()
Dim MyCredentials = New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
Debug shows:
?MyCredentials
{System.Net.NetworkCredential}
Domain: ""
Password: "password"
SecurePassword: {System.Security.SecureString}
UserName: "username"
My code continued:
SmtpServer.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"
SmtpServer.UseDefaultCredentials = False
SmtpServer.Credentials = MyCredentials
Debug shows:
?SmtpServer.Credentials
{System.Net.NetworkCredential}
System.Net.NetworkCredential: {System.Net.NetworkCredential}
The "MyCredentals" works, but it does not transfer to the SmtpServer.Credentials. why not??
This site says that you need to use App Passwords now.
https://www.emailarchitect.net/easendmail/kb/vbnet.aspx?cat=2
I do not want t use email architect to do this. It has worked before gmail changed security.