Solution
LabVIEW 2012 or EarlierPrior to LabVIEW 2013, there was no native support for sending Email via servers that require authentication; the built-in SMTP vis only worked with open servers.
The Microsoft .NET platform provides a fairly straightforward interface for sending authenticated Email, which older versions of LabVIEW can interface with. The methods to do so exist within the System.SmtpClient class. The Figure 1 below is an example that has been configured to send Email via Gmail accounts.
The following figure shows the SMTP client configuration for the .NET platform. The new reference control is a placeholder for the MailMessage .NET construction.
Figure 1. SMTP Example Code
LabVIEW 2013 or LaterThe SMTP API was changed with the release of LabVIEW 2013 to streamline using secure Email servers. A LabVIEW example can be found at
Help»Find Examples»Networking»Internet & Web. The following Figure 2 shows where to find the shipping example
Send Email using SMTP Client.vi:
Figure 2. SMTP Shipping Example