Using IS For Email Notification With Gmail Smtp

Hi,

I want to setup a SMTP using gmail. How to configure it, it says,


In your email client software, under Outgoing mail, set the SMTP server to smtp.gmail.com.
Set the your username is yourgooglemailname@gmail.com and make sure "Use username and password" is checked.
Also check off "TLS" under "Use secure connection."
I tried to do this in code:


Dim htmlMessage As MailMessage

Dim mySmtpClient As SmtpClient

htmlMessage = New MailMessage(From, SendTo, Subject, Body)

htmlMessage.IsBodyHtml = IsBodyHTML

mySmtpClient = New SmtpClient(Server)

Dim myCred As New System.Net.NetworkCredential("myemail@gmail.com", "mypassword") 'CredentialCache

mySmtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = False 'Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials

mySmtpClient.Credentials = myCred

mySmtpClient.Send(htmlMessage)



however, i cannot do the turning off of TLS in code. I'm often prompted with this error once i run:

The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

Anyone who knows how to do this?


cherriesh