Include "EnableSSL" option for System.Net.SmtpClient when using configuration file.

Include "EnableSSL" option for System.Net.SmtpClient when using configuration file. by james_crowley

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Type:	Suggestion
ID:	281277
Opened:	6/4/2007 12:10:45 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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When using the SmtpClient class, you can configure its settings externally using a configuration file:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
     <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
        <network .... />
     </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
</system.net>

However, there is no configuration property available for the "EnableSSL" of the SMTP client.

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Visual Studio 2005 (All Products and Editions) Service Pack 1

Windows XP Professional

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If you need to specify an SMTP server that only allows SSL connections, you cannot configure this through an external configuration file - you have to modify your email sending code directly, defeating the whole object of externalizing these details!

Add an enableSSL attribute to the network configuration node in the configuration files.

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Posted by Sukumar Venigalla on 6/19/2007 at 4:37 AM

Hi,

Nice point we need to make this changes.

Bye,
Sukumar.

Posted by Microsoft on 2/18/2009 at 7:29 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. Makes sense and we'll consider this for a future release.
-Network Class Library Team

Posted by Microsoft on 5/28/2009 at 12:31 PM

We will adding this feature for the .NET 4.0 release.

Thank you,

Network Class Library Team

Posted by dcumg on 1/22/2010 at 1:28 PM

This has not made it to .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2. Please make sure that this makes it to RTM.