Known issue: MailTarget + SSL + port 465 isn't working

[304NotModified]

This could be a .Net bug, described at: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdav_101/archive/2008/06/02/system-net-mail-with-ssl-to-authenticate-against-port-465.aspx

TL;DR: SSL + port 465 (implicit SSL) is not supported in .Net. You can only use SSL + port 25 (explicit SSL)

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35228313/nlog-mail-target-timeouts/35235850#35235850

[304NotModified]

Mail api which support implicit ssl

https://www.nuget.org/packages/AIM

Edit bad reviews for AIM

[304NotModified]

Looks nice: https://github.com/jstedfast/MailKit

[304NotModified]

Will close this as this is a known issue as it's polluting the issue list - there is no action for us here.

[304NotModified]

There is now a NLog.MailKit package:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.MailKit

[stlsw]

NLog.MailKit Works like charm on net 4.5. thanks !!

[neooleg]

@304NotModified, could you pls elaborate how to use SSL (gmail) with NLog.MailKit?

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Install the package: Install-Package NLog.MailKit and add to your nlog.config:

<extensions>
    <add assembly="NLog.MailKit"/>
</extensions>

See https://github.com/NLog/NLog.MailKit/blob/master/README.md

Use the target "mail" and config options can be found here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Mail-Target

[neooleg]

I did it and did follow the link which mentions

Note: port 465 isn't working with SSL.

And redirects to this page.

Do you have a piece of config which configures gmail w/ SSL?

[304NotModified]

https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Examples

[304NotModified]

So use port 587

[gaazkam]

@304NotModified

Why does https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Mail-Target still say:

Note: port 465 isn't working with SSL. See issue 1226

My understanding is that as long as MailKit is used there should be no problems with port 465 and SSL?

I just tested it and it seems to work fine:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd"
      autoReload="true"
      throwExceptions="true">

  <targets>
    <target name="logconsole" xsi:type="Console" />
    <target name="logmail" xsi:type="Mail"
            subject="Email logging test"
            to="redacted"
            from="redacted"
            smtpUserName="redacted"
            enableSsl="true"
            secureSocketOption="SslOnConnect"
            smtpPassword="redacted"
            smtpAuthentication="Basic"
            smtpServer="redacted"
            smtpPort="465"
            timeout="100000"
            />
  </targets>

  <rules>
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Debug" writeTo="logconsole" />
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Warning" writeTo="logmail" />
  </rules>

  <extensions>
    <add assembly="NLog.MailKit"/>
  </extensions>
</nlog>

[304NotModified]

Thanks, please update the wiki. It is indeed working for NLog mailkit (thanks for the confirm!).

PS: The page is shared for the mail target in NLog and NLog mailkit

[gaazkam]

Done.

[304NotModified]

Thanks!