How do I use TLS email with web.config

Question

Here is my web.config file:

<system.net>     <mailSettings>         <smtp from="[email protected]"  >             <network host="smtp.gmail.com" port="587" userName="[email protected]" password="yyy" />         </smtp>     </mailSettings> </system.net> 

I need to enable TLS, a requirement of my email server. However I only see SSL.

Answer 1

Its actually equivalent - TLS is kinda of broader than SSL. So use enableSsl= "true" for enabling TLS. As per MSDN documentation, that will force SMTPClient to use RFC 3207 (and RFC uses both terms TLS/SSL).

<network enableSsl="true" host="smtp.gmail.com" port="587" ...