"An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions" while using SMTP

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I am trying to send an SMTP email when certain values in database crosses its threshold value.

I have already allowed ports 25,587 and 465 in the Windows firewall and disabled the option of preventing mass mail in the Antivirus. The code I am using is given below

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

 MailMessage mailMsg = new MailMessage();
        mailMsg.To.Add("to@domain.com");
        // From
        MailAddress mailAddress = new MailAddress("from@domain.com");
        mailMsg.From = mailAddress;


        // Subject and Body
        mailMsg.Subject = "MCAS Alert";
        mailMsg.Body = "Parameter out of range";


        SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.servername.com", 25);
        smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        smtpClient.Timeout = 30000;
        System.Net.NetworkCredential credentials =
           new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "passwrod");
        smtpClient.Credentials = credentials;
        smtpClient.EnableSsl = true;
        //ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = delegate(object s, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) { return true; };
        smtpClient.Send(mailMsg);

Stack Trace

[SocketException (0x271d): An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions xx.xx.xx.xx:25]
   System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress) +208
   System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception) +464

[WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server]
   System.Net.ServicePoint.GetConnection(PooledStream PooledStream, Object owner, Boolean async, IPAddress& address, Socket& abortSocket, Socket& abortSocket6) +6486360
   System.Net.PooledStream.Activate(Object owningObject, Boolean async, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback) +307
   System.Net.PooledStream.Activate(Object owningObject, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback) +19
   System.Net.ConnectionPool.GetConnection(Object owningObject, GeneralAsyncDelegate asyncCallback, Int32 creationTimeout) +324
   System.Net.Mail.SmtpConnection.GetConnection(ServicePoint servicePoint) +141
   System.Net.Mail.SmtpTransport.GetConnection(ServicePoint servicePoint) +170
   System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.GetConnection() +44
   System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message) +1554

[SmtpException: Failure sending mail.]
   System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message) +1906
   Admin_Alert.SMTPAuth() in c:\Users\spandya\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\WebSites\WebSite3\Admin\Alert.aspx.cs:61
   Admin_Alert.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Users\spandya\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\WebSites\WebSite3\Admin\Alert.aspx.cs:22
   System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +51
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +92
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +54
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +772

What else I am missing here? Firewall inbound rules are there for these specific port addresses.

smtp sockets asp.net email c#
7 Answers

If the other answers don't work you can check if something else is using the port with netstat:

netstat -ano | findstr <your port number>

If nothing is already using it, the port might be excluded, try this command to see if the range is blocked by something else:

netsh interface ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp

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Do this if you are using GoDaddy, I'm using Lets Encrypt SSL if you want you can get it.

Here is the code - The code is in asp.net core 2.0 but should work in above versions.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using MailKit.Net.Smtp;
using MimeKit;

namespace UnityAssets.Website.Services
{
    public class EmailSender : IEmailSender
    {
        public async Task SendEmailAsync(string toEmailAddress, string subject, string htmlMessage)
        {
            var email = new MimeMessage();
            email.From.Add(new MailboxAddress("Application Name", "applicationId@gmail.com"));
            email.To.Add(new MailboxAddress(toEmailAddress, toEmailAddress));
            email.Subject = subject;

            var body = new BodyBuilder
            {
                HtmlBody = htmlMessage
            };

            email.Body = body.ToMessageBody();

            using (var client = new SmtpClient())
            {
                //provider specific settings
                await client.ConnectAsync("smtp.gmail.com", 465, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
                await client.AuthenticateAsync("youremailid@gmail.com", "sketchunity").ConfigureAwait(false);

                await client.SendAsync(email).ConfigureAwait(false);
                await client.DisconnectAsync(true).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
        }
    }
}
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