Requests the mail server to start TLS/SSL negotiation and protect the connection with security layer.

Return Value

true if TLS/SSL negotiation succeeded and the connection is now secured with TLS/SSL layer; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The developer must call Hello method prior to calling StartTls. Also, Hello method must be called again after StartTls since TLS/SSL negotiation resets the connection.

As alternative to calling StartTls method, the developer can ask MailBee to start TLS/SSL negotiation automatically by setting SslMode property value to OnConnect or UseStartTls.

Note   Not all mail servers support TLS/SSL functionality.

Exceptions

Example

This sample attempts to establish TLS/SSL connection with the SMTP server, logs in an account on this server and sends a mail message on success.

[C#]
// To use the code below, import MailBee namespaces at the top of your code.
using MailBee;
using MailBee.SmtpMail;

// The actual code (put it into a method of your class)

Smtp mailer = new Smtp();
mailer.SmtpServers.Add("mail.domain.com", "jdoe", "secret");
mailer.Connect();
mailer.Hello();
mailer.StartTls();
mailer.Hello();
mailer.Login();
mailer.From.Email = "jdoe@domain.com";
mailer.To.Add("kathy@company.com");
mailer.Subject = "Report";
mailer.BodyPlainText = "The report contents";
mailer.Send();
mailer.Disconnect();

[Visual Basic]
' To use the code below, import MailBee namespaces at the top of your code.
Imports MailBee
Imports MailBee.SmtpMail

' The actual code (put it into a method of your class)

Dim mailer As New Smtp
mailer.SmtpServers.Add("mail.domain.com", "jdoe", "secret")
mailer.Connect()
mailer.Hello()
mailer.StartTls()
mailer.Hello()
mailer.Login()
mailer.From.Email = "jdoe@domain.com"
mailer.To.Add("kathy@company.com")
mailer.Subject = "Report"
mailer.BodyPlainText = "The report contents"
mailer.Send()
mailer.Disconnect()

See Also

Smtp Class | MailBee.SmtpMail Namespace | SslMode | SslProtocol

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