Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

My host is GoDaddy and I have the entire PWS Kit working except for the email. I have put all of the appropriate smtp settings in the web.config and I'm still having no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
 <smtp from="Admin@MyWebsite.com">
 <network host="smtpout.secureserver.net" password="MyPassword"
 port="3535" userName="MyUserName" />
 </smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

Best Regards,
Chris

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Is an exception being raised when it tries to send email? If so, post the exception.

HTH,
Ryan

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

No Exception is raised.... just no email ever gets to me.

~ Chris

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Have you checked your spam folder or tried another email address?

HTH,
Ryan

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Yes - to no avail.

Thanks for tips!

~ Chris

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Hey Chris

I am trying to get my personal web page starter kit working with GoDaddy and I am having the dickins of a time to set up the the web.config page BOTH on server at godaddy and my development server. Would you take sometime to share what you did to get it to work, I am stuck in a ditch.

Thanks for your help

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I am on godaddy and this works for me.

<system.net>
 <mailSettings>
 <smtp from="noreply@noreply.net">
 <network host="smtpout.secureserver.net" password="<password>" port="25" userName="noreply@domain.net"/>
 </smtp>
 </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Remember you have to go into the control panel and create an email user or it will not work.

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

epasalakis

I am on godaddy and this works for me.

<system.net>
 <mailSettings>
 <smtp from="noreply@noreply.net">
 <network host="smtpout.secureserver.net" password="<password>" port="25" userName="noreply@domain.net"/>
 </smtp>
 </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Remember you have to go into the control panel and create an email user or it will not work.

I just wanted to let you guys know that this was a big help...I just moved my sites over to GoDaddy, and I've been struggling today trying to use network credentials, etc. with the SMTP client and kept getting the invalid domain msesage. So I came here and voila! Problem solved. You know, you tend to think you're the only one who's ever seen the problem, then a 2-minute search on a forum like this reveals that someone's already solved the issue months ago.

THANKS!

Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

You can find the solution for your problem at:

http://www.sitesbuilders.com/Articles/Godaddy-Smtp.aspx

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I just struggled through the various permutations found here and there for this to work on GoDaddy and found this to work:

<system.net>
  <mailSettings>
   <smtp from="xxxx@yyyy.org">
    <network host="relay-hosting.secureserver.net"/>
   </smtp>
  </mailSettings>
 </system.net>

(I have changed the email to protect the account, but it *IS* an established Forwarding email account on the hosting service, although I'm not sure that matters.)

:) KevInKauai

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I believe the difference between the above two posts is:

Settings When Hosted On GoDaddy

<system.net>
 <mailSettings>
 <smtp from="xxxx@yyyy.org">
 <network host="relay-hosting.secureserver.net"/>
 </smtp>
 </mailSettings>
 </system.net>

Settings When Hosted Externally

<system.net>
 <mailSettings>
 <smtp from="noreply@domain.net">
 <network host="smtpout.secureserver.net" password="<password>" port="25" userName="noreply@domain.net"/>
 </smtp>
 </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

hi its nice to see this reply, but the problem with this relay server is,it will send only 250 emails per day,what should I do if I wantto send more than that,I thought to use gmail smtp server,and it was working very well on my pc but its not working on the godaddy server.Any help is appreciated a lot.

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I believe there is a way around the 250 limitation. I recall seeing a Help file on GoDaddy that addressed that. If all else fails, call their Technical Support line (I use Skype since it's not a toll-free number). I've found them to be very helpful on practically everything.

I hope this helps ... :) KevInKauai

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Sure am glad I ran across this thread! Thanks KevInKauai - your relay-hosting.secureserver.net FINALLY solved my Godaddy form email issue!

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I am having the same problem listed above. My web.config is set like the post above. The problem that I am having is that the smtp form speraticly works. It works for me all the time but i have client call me eveyday telling me that my form is not working. I have read over a hundred blogs trying to figure out why my form is not working. I am starting to think it has somthing to do with Godaddy but im not all that sure. Any Ideas?

web.config

<system.net>

</smtp>

</mailSettings>

</system.net>

C# page

System.Web.Mail.MailMessage mailMessage = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();

mailMessage.From = "name@domain.com ";

mailMessage.To = "name@domain.com";

mailMessage.Bcc = "name@domain.com";

mailMessage.Subject = "Subject";

mailMessage.BodyFormat = System.Web.Mail.MailFormat.Html;

mailMessage.Body = "First Name: " + tbFirstName.Text +

" Last Name: " + tbLastName.Text +

" Suffix: " + ddSuffix.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Marital status: " + ddMaritalstatus.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Name of spouse: " + tbNameofspouse.Text +

" Street Address: " + tbStreetAddress.Text +

" City: " + tbCity.Text +

" Country: " + ddCountry.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" State: " + ddState.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Zip Code: " + tbZipcode.Text +

" Phone: " + tbPhone.Text +

" Email: " + tbEmail.Text +

" How many children do you have at home? " + ddChildrenHome.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Age of Children Interested In? " + ddAgeChildren.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Sex of Children Interested In? " + ddSex.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" How many children are you interested in? " + ddChildrenHome.SelectedValue.ToString() +

" Country interested in? " + ddCountryInterested.SelectedValue.ToString() +" Comment: " + tbComment.Text;

System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "Relay-Hosting.secureserver.net";

System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(mailMessage);

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Aloha, vaevictus - -

This is an extreme OLD thread, but apparently confusion about sending email abounds. I know that once I got it properly working, I tend to "clone" all the new ones from the working model.

Here is a general framework that I know works:

Dim objMail As New MailMessage
        objMail.IsBodyHtml = True


        With objMail
            .From = New MailAddress("from_where@your_domain.com")
            .To.Add(pEmail)
            .Subject = "Your SUBJECT
            .Bcc.Add("mybcc@your_domain.com")


            .Body = body of email message


        End With


        Dim client As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient("relay-hosting.secureserver.net")
        client.UseDefaultCredentials = True


        Try
                client.Send(objMail)
        Catch Ex As Exception
             handle your error HERE
        End Try

Of course, the success of the Send is going to count on the way that your local hosting service is set up. The "relay-hosting.secureserver.net" is specific to GoDaddy.

I hope this helps! :) KevInKauai

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

I'm trying to get cdonts working on Godaddy and have duplicated the above and I still do not receive my emails. I setup an email account for the from file, is there anything else I can do to get it working. GoDaddy support will not help. Should the web.config have a suffix of .txt?

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Aloha, shadman.

I sorry to say that I have no experience with CDONTS for email with GoDaddy. However, I don't think that adding ".txt" to you web.config file will work at all.

Have you looked around the GoDaddy HELP center? I just did with the search phrase "CDONTS" and there were 19 entries, including one promisingly titles "Cdonts Example for ASP Hosting". Perhaps this is a silly question, but why are you determined to use CDONTS when SendMail works just fine?

There seems to be another thread on CDONTS here: http://forums.asp.net/p/1356318/2783429.aspx#2783429 Good luck with that.

:) KevInKauai

Re: Getting SMTP to Work with GoDaddy

Here is a page on GoDaddy's website that will help anyone, who has migrated to IIS7 Hosting Service, send Email from your web applications. Hope it helps, for the year 2009 anyway.

http://help.godaddy.com/article/4220