Operation has timed out error on ASP.NET

Question

I'm getting an error while sending email through asp.net SMTP server. It says operation has timed out. How to overcome the exception?

   try
    {
        MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
        SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient();

        mail.From = new MailAddress("mymailid@hotmail.com");
        mail.To.Add("yourmailid@gmail.com");
        mail.Subject = "Verify your account";
        mail.Body = "Your OTP for your account verification is "+OTP.ToString()+". Enter your OTP in verification window.";
        mail.IsBodyHtml = true;

        SmtpServer.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        SmtpServer.Timeout = 20000;
        SmtpServer.Send(mail);
        errmsgShow.Text = "Mail sent";
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        //string errMsg = "alert('OTP sending failed. Error: " +e.ToString()+ "')";
        //ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Page, typeof(Page), "ClientScript", errMsg, true);
        //Console.WriteLine(e.Message.ToString());
        errmsgShow.Text = e.ToString();
    }

I have also included below in the web.config

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
  <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
    <network host="smtp.live.com" port="25" userName="mymailid@hotmail.com" password="password" enableSsl="true"/>
  </smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

Answer 1

Try removing SmtpServer.Timeout = 20000; .

Update:

i see you have SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient(); .

SmtpServer is a property of SmtpMail SmtpMail.SmtpServer . Try changing the variable name, something like

SmtpClient mailClient = new SmtpClient();