Like the message says, allowing less secure apps aren't recommended. To use Google's SMTP servers, you will need to enable Less secure app access on your profile's Security page: To test sending emails through SMTP, you can use your Gmail account or sign up for a new one. I hosted my own SMTP server back in the days and that isn't something I would recommend anyone doing today. While it might seem like the easy choice, you will need an SMTP server for this to work. NET Core come with built-in support for sending emails through the namespace. In this post, I'll show you a range of options for sending out emails and some of the worst practices to avoid. Like how to handles bounces and monitoring errors. In my experience, creating a good solution for sending out emails, can be quite fun and a challenging task if every aspect is to be taken into account. Emails have existed like always and every (well almost) system needs to send out one or more emails to the users. Sending out emails isn't what most developers consider a fun task.
For today's post, I'll show you different ways of sending emails from C#/.NET. That's where I try to come up with updated answers to common C# challenges like converting between formats or saving content to a file. I just answered some questions from a friend of mine about a subject that I believe would fit within my how-to-series of posts.
