Using Gmail with Webmatrix ASP.Net Web Pages

OK, here is a basic example of how to use Gmail with Razor/WebMatrix ASP.Net web pages, in this case a .cshtml page.

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1. @{  
2. try {  
3.         // Initialize Mail helper  
4.         Mail.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com";  
5.         Mail.SmtpPort = 587; //25 465; - 25 default, 465 in documentation, 587 works  
6.         Mail.EnableSsl = true;  
7.         Mail.UserName = "your user name"; // include domain if not gmail user@mydomain.com  
8.         Mail.From = "return email address";   
9.         Mail.Password = "your password";  
10.            
11.         // Send email  
12.         Mail.Send(to: "target email",   
13.             subject: "test",  
14.             body:"yo!"  
15.         );  
16.     }  
17.     catch (Exception ex ) {  
18.         <text>  
19.           <b>The email was <em>not</em> sent.</b>  
20.           The code on the PrcessRequest page must provide the   
21.           STMP server, user name, password, and email addresses   
22.           required.  
23.         </text>  
24.     }  
25. }  

@{<br />try {<br /> // Initialize Mail helper<br /> Mail.SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com";<br /> Mail.SmtpPort = 587; //25 465; - 25 default, 465 in documentation, 587 works<br /> Mail.EnableSsl = true;<br /> Mail.UserName = "your user name"; // include domain if not gmail user@mydomain.com<br /> Mail.From = "return email address"; <br /> Mail.Password = "your password";<br /> <br /> // Send email<br /> Mail.Send(to: "target email", <br /> subject: "test",<br /> body:"yo!"<br /> );<br /> }<br /> catch (Exception ex ) {<br /> <text><br /> <b>The email was <em>not</em> sent.</b><br /> The code on the PrcessRequest page must provide the <br /> STMP server, user name, password, and email addresses <br /> required.<br /> </text><br /> }<br />}