Sending SMTP Mail from ASP.NET From ME to ME

Question

I am trying to add a user suggestions interface to my MVC4 application using system.net.mail .

I want to use my own email address to send mail from me to me with their suggestions. This works fine on debug, but when I publish to a server, Google sends me an email saying I might be a victim blah blah...

Is this just a Gmail thing, or is there a better way to send SMTP mail?

Answer 1

we used to use the .net mailer, but now we use mandrill (http://mandrill.com/)

its free for up a certain volume, and certainly for development it serves it purpose without the headaches of the gmail think it's spam, phished emails and what not.

here's a .net wrapper: https://github.com/shawnmclean/Mandrill-dotnet

Answer 2

Gmail uses specific algorithms and other relative data to mark a email as spam. In short your email has to have a valid and verified email sender address, authenticated request, etc.

You can check the details of GMail spam detection policy here -

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1366858?hl=en