c# - Gmail credentials for Authentication of ASP.net Website

Question

I have two textboxes for username and password now i want users to enter their company email Id and password (Username and password is powered by google ,webserver is google) and log in to the ASP.net website.Create session of username and password .Futher i want the user to able to send the email from asp.net website using same gmail credential.Thank you in advance and any type of help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

You should check the OpenId library for C#.

http://code.google.com/p/dotnetopenid/

This will give you a good start. This way, the user won't have to use his password directly and will be redirect to the provider that will grant authentification for your site.