E-mails through windows form

[Jupiler]

I'd like to send a mail with the contents of 2 textboxes to my email adres.
I have been following some tutorials on the internet about doing this and came onto this code.

        Dim my_email As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail
        Dim from As String = "emailadres@emailsadres.com"
        Dim mailto As String = "myemailadres@GMAIL.com"
        Dim subject As String = "test"
        Dim body As String = txtName.Text & " " & txtFirstname.Text
        my_email.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
        my_email.Send(from, mailto, subject, body)

This works, until it gives an error after a while (translated):

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Web.HttpException' occurred in system.web.dll

Additional information: Can't get access to the object: CDO.Message.

What do i do ?

I'm using vb.net 2003, i'd like to use gmail as reciever of the mails.
If you need any more info just ask here, or pm me


Pieter.

 

[JohnH]

Check the www.systemwebmail.com site, there's a troubleshooting section regarding CDO errors.

 

[Jupiler]

Thanks for the link! It gave me some usefull information but still the problem is not solved.

I don't have my computer set up as a server (using regular xp home), because I'm trying to test this from the client side. Is this a good way to work, or will it only work when I use xp pro with IIS?

 

[JohnH]

You can send email with System.Web.Mail on Windows XP Home. Try with the SMTP server address your ISP has given you.

 

[ovanwijk]

Yep, use your ISP smtp server to send your mails.
smtp.gmail.com needs credenticals i thought.

Greets

 

[Jupiler]

Is there any way i can set the smtp adress installed on the computer in a variable or something?