Using the MS PasswordRecovery object and getting an SMTP Server authentication connection error, server response was 5.7.0, must issue a STARTTLS command first?</h1> <article> <h1>Using the MS PasswordRecovery object and getting an SMTP Server authentication connection error, server response was 5.7.0, must issue a STARTTLS command first?</h1> <p>webmaster@pchenry.com — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT</p> <p>Are you getting this error message?</p> <p><em><font color="#800000" size="4">The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. 9sm3590188qbw.6</font></em></p> <p><strong>Exception Details: </strong>System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. 9sm3590188qbw.6</p> <p>Are you using the Microsoft.NET PasswordRecover object and the LocalServer connection string in web.config? Are you using Google's smtp servers as well? Well, THERE'S your problem (taken from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Savage">Adam Savage's</a> <a href="http://mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com/page/Adam+Savage+Quotes?t=anon">quote</a>).&l </article> </main></body></html>