public ActionResult ForgotPassword(ForgotPasswordViewModel model) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { var valid = db.ResetPassword(model.Username, model.Email).FirstOrDefault(); if (valid.ReturnCode == 1) { User user = db.Users.Where(e => e.Email == model.Email && e.Username == model.Username).FirstOrDefault(); // MailMessage class is present is System.Net.Mail namespace MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage("*****@*****.**", user.Email); // StringBuilder class is present in System.Text namespace StringBuilder sbEmailBody = new StringBuilder(); sbEmailBody.Append("Dear " + user.FirstName + ",<br/><br/>"); sbEmailBody.Append("Please click on the following link to reset your password."); sbEmailBody.Append("<br/>"); sbEmailBody.Append("https://dare.local.net/Account/ChangePasswordUnauthenticated?uid=" + valid.UniqueId); sbEmailBody.Append("<br/><br/>"); sbEmailBody.Append("<b>DARE System</b>"); mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true; mailMessage.Body = sbEmailBody.ToString(); mailMessage.Subject = "Reset Your Password"; SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587); smtpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential() { UserName = "******", Password = "******" }; smtpClient.EnableSsl = true; smtpClient.Send(mailMessage); return(View("ForgotPasswordConfirmation")); } else { return(View("ForgotPasswordConfirmation")); } } else { return(View("ForgotPasswordConfirmation")); } }