title: MailMessage email via text-message fails to send
body: <p>I have a C# application that sends email notifications to users. I am trying to use the application to send text alerts as well (for reminders, mostly).
  Our provider is Verizon, so it is possible to send an Email as a text message, by emailing with the format: number@vtext.com. </p>
  
  <p>I've set my up application (which successfully sends emails to actual email addresses) with some phone numbers for testing, and the text messages are never recived. I can, however, successfully send emails as text messages through corporate mail accounts (we use Lotus Notes), and from my personal GMail
  account. </p>
  
  <p>I'm not getting any errors...The text messages just never arrive. The code looks as such</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void SendMail(string address, string contents)
      {
          try
          {
              MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage();
              mailMessage.To.Add(address);                
              mailMessage.From = new MailAddress("email name removed");                
              mailMessage.Subject = "System Notification";
              mailMessage.Body = contents;
              SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient("client name removed");                
  
              Console.WriteLine("Mail sent to: " + address + "\n--&gt; " 
              + contents + "\n");
  
              smtpClient.Send(mailMessage);
          }
          catch (Exception)
          { }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, I call the method like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>emailService.SendMail("number@vtext.com", message);
  </code></pre>