No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it ipadd:port at system.Net.sockets.Socket.doConnect

Hi,

I am writing code to send  an email whenever my application has an unhandled error.

With this same code i could get it runnign on a gmail smtp server.

However, when i replaced these values wit hvalues for my smtp host, i am gettin the following error. Why am i getting this error?

I am getting the following error.System.Net.Mail.smtpException:Failure sending Mail.----->System.Net.WebException:Unable to connect to remote server---->System.Net.Sockets.socketException:No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it ipadd:port at system.Net.sockets.Socket.doConnect


Here is my code.

Private Sub EmailTest(ByVal errorMsg As String)
    Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient()
    SmtpServer.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("me@tremail.com", "test123")
    SmtpServer.Port = 22
    SmtpServer.Host = "smtp.myhost.com"
    SmtpServer.EnableSsl = True

    Dim mail As New MailMessage()

    Try
      mail.From = New MailAddress("me@tremail.com", "Web Developers", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
      mail.To.Add("target@tremail.com")
      mail.Subject = "Error Messages in Application"
      mail.Body = errorMsg
      
      SmtpServer.Send(mail)
    Catch ex As Exception
      MsgBox(ex.ToString())
    End Try

  End Sub

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