Problem sending password reminder emails

Hello, I'm new here and new to ASP.NET and VS 2008.

I'm working through the video tutorials on Security and can't send the password reminder email. I get this error message:

Syntax error in parameters or arguments. The server response was: Syntactically invalid EHLO argument(s)

I've included this section in my web.config file: 

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="myemailaddress">
        <network
        host="xxx.net"
        password="**"
        userName="mylogin"
        port="25"
        defaultCr ...