How to read system.net/mailSettings/smtp from Web.config

Question

This is my web.config mail settings:

<system.net>     <mailSettings>       <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="[email protected]">         <network defaultCredentials="true" host="localhost" port="587" userName="[email protected]" password="123456"/>       </smtp>     </mailSettings>   </system.net> 

and here's how I try to read the values from web.config

 var smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();  var credential = new System.Net.Configuration.SmtpSection().Network;   string strHost = smtp.Host;  int port = smtp.Port;  string strUserName = credential.UserName;  string strFromPass = credential.Password; 

But credentials are always null. How can i access these values?

Answer 1

Since no answer has been accepted, and none of the others worked for me:

using System.Configuration; using System.Net.Configuration; // snip... var smtpSection = (SmtpSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.net/mailSettings/smtp"); string username = smtpSection.Network.UserName;