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MimeKit

SmtpClientAuthenticate(Encoding, ICredentials, CancellationToken) Method

Authenticate using the supplied credentials.

Namespace: MailKit.Net.Smtp
Assembly: MailKit (in MailKit.dll) Version: 4.3.0
Syntax
C#
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public override void Authenticate(
	Encoding encoding,
	ICredentials credentials,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
)

Parameters

encoding  Encoding
The text encoding to use for the user's credentials.
credentials  ICredentials
The user's credentials.
cancellationToken  CancellationToken  (Optional)
The cancellation token.

Implements

IMailServiceAuthenticate(Encoding, ICredentials, CancellationToken)
IMailServiceAuthenticate(Encoding, ICredentials, CancellationToken)
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

encoding is null.

-or-

credentials is null.

ServiceNotConnectedException The SmtpClient is not connected.
InvalidOperationException The SmtpClient is already authenticated.
NotSupportedException The SMTP server does not support authentication.
OperationCanceledException The operation was canceled via the cancellation token.
AuthenticationException Authentication using the supplied credentials has failed.
SaslException A SASL authentication error occurred.
IOException An I/O error occurred.
SmtpCommandException The SMTP command failed.
SmtpProtocolException An SMTP protocol error occurred.
Remarks

Authenticates using the supplied credentials.

If the SMTP server supports authentication, then the SASL mechanisms that both the client and server support (not including any OAUTH mechanisms) are tried in order of greatest security to weakest security. Once a SASL authentication mechanism is found that both client and server support, the credentials are used to authenticate.

If, on the other hand, authentication is not supported by the SMTP server, then this method will throw NotSupportedException. The Capabilities property can be checked for the Authentication flag to make sure the SMTP server supports authentication before calling this method.

Tip  Tip
To prevent the usage of certain authentication mechanisms, simply remove them from the AuthenticationMechanisms hash set before calling this method.
See Also