Trying to get Password Reset emails to be sent

Question

User269881539 posted

I have setup ASP.net identity but I cannot get the password reset emails to be sent. I have tried to plumb in my email sending code (which works for other processes) but I don't even think it's being called :

My controller code :

        // POST: /Account/ForgotPassword
        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public async Task<ActionResult> ForgotPassword(ForgotPasswordViewModel model)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                var user = await UserManager.FindByNameAsync(model.Email);
                if (user == null) // || !(await UserManager.IsEmailConfirmedAsync(user.Id)))
                {
                    // Don't reveal that the user does not exist or is not confirmed
                    return View("ForgotPasswordConfirmation");
                }

                // Send an email with this link
                var provider = new Microsoft.Owin.Security.DataProtection.DpapiDataProtectionProvider("AppName");
                UserManager.UserTokenProvider = new Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.DataProtectorTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>(provider.Create("EmailConfirmation"));

                string code = await UserManager.GeneratePasswordResetTokenAsync(user.Id);
                var callbackUrl = Url.Action("ResetPassword", "Account", new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, protocol: Request.Url.Scheme);
                await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(user.Id, "Reset Password", "Please reset your password by clicking <a href=\"" + callbackUrl + "\">here</a>");
                return RedirectToAction("ForgotPasswordConfirmation", "Account");
            }

            // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
            return View(model);
        }

My adapted IdentityConfig.cs file :

    public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
    {
        public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
        {
            // Plug in your email service here to send an email.
            //send message
            EmailManager eml = new EmailManager();
            eml.Email = message.Destination;
            eml.Subject = message.Subject;
            eml.Body = message.Body;
            eml.IsHtml = true;
            eml.SendEmail();

            return Task.FromResult(0);
        }
    }

When debugging it doesn't seem to drop into that task at all - I can't see where UserManager.SendEmailAsync ties into that?

Answer 1

User1724605321 posted

Hi chilluk ,

Please refer to below tutorials , you will get code sample step by step :

http://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/security/create-an-aspnet-mvc-5-web-app-with-email-confirmation-and-password-reset 

http://www.asp.net/identity/overview/features-api/account-confirmation-and-password-recovery-with-aspnet-identity 

Best Regards,

Nan Yu

Answer 2

User269881539 posted

I have looked through those and it doesn't seem a lot different to what I am doing.

I don't want email confirmation of the account in the first place so I have removed that email part - it's an ecommerce site and customer won't wait for that to continue. Would it be an issue if the account hasn't yet been confirmed?

I am using local SMTP server which works for other emails.

I can't see the code in Task SendAsync getting called at all - how does await UserManager.SendEmailAsync() this relate to that anyway?

Answer 3

User1724605321 posted

Hi chilluk ,

Please change your code like :

public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
        return client.SendMailAsync(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SupportEmailAddr"], 
                                    message.Destination, 
                                    message.Subject, 
                                    message.Body);
    }
}

Best Regards,

Nan Yu

Answer 4

User269881539 posted

OK this is my code now :

public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
    {
        public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
        {
            // Plug in your email service here to send an email.
            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(AppConstants.SmtpServer);
            return client.SendMailAsync("[e-mail]",
                                        message.Destination,
                                        message.Subject,
                                        message.Body);
        }
    }

Still nothing - I can see it's not even trying by the SMTP logs - I also went in and changed all records in AspNetUsers to EmailConfirmed = true

It looks like the mailing code is not even running - I assume this line in my AccountController is supposed to be calling it ?

await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(user.Id, "Reset Password", "Please reset your password by clicking <a href=\"" + callbackUrl + "\">here</a>");

But I can't see the correlation between that and the SendAsync task in IdentityConfig.cs?

Answer 5

User269881539 posted

In that second example where would this code go?

void sendMail(Message message)

I had to add this code to get the Controller Action working

var provider = new Microsoft.Owin.Security.DataProtection.DpapiDataProtectionProvider("TooledUp");
UserManager.UserTokenProvider = new Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.DataProtectorTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>(provider.Create("EmailConfirmation"));

Would that be causing an issue?

Answer 6

User269881539 posted

Got it working - was missing this line of code in my controller action :

UserManager.EmailService = new EmailService();
await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(user.Id, "Reset Password", "Please reset your password by clicking <a href=\"" + callbackUrl + "\">here</a>");