hello. i need to forward messages from my website using my smtp server . how can i do this. IIS installed , smtp is running on port 25. but i have no domain, no static ip and no dns,.,i am on highspeed . using linksys router. port forwarding is been set in router. i think my isp is blocking po...more >>

Hello, I use BellSouth as an ISP. I had my mail working properly when I installed my Exchange 2000 Server. Since then, BellSouth has begun blocking port 25. Now, I cannot send or receive e-mail through my Exchange server. Does anyone know any steps I can take to fix this or know of an...more >>

Guys, Could anyone furnish me with a description of what all the folders under mailroot do? I have a functional SMTP mail relay running but occasionally messages arrive in the drop folder and I'm unsure why or what the drop folder is for. Many Thanks...more >>

Hi, Which mailserver support the ability after an online payment for a new mail account to setup the email account automatic on the server? I.e. after the payment has been payed the mailserver is notified automatic and creates an account? Regards Niels ...more >>

I have been told that when a message is sent to a group with in a domain that the message is stored once and there is a pointer for each recepient to that mail piece. However, I am also told that although the mail is stored once that every recepient's mail storage is "debited" for the siz...more >>

ok, I wrote a script that queries a database, compares some data, and sends emails to people's email that resulted from one of the queries. When I tested it and had it only send to me it worked fine, when I had it send to the query result emails (To 1 person, CC to 3 people and bcc to me), we...more >>

I recently joined a company that has been having problems with their virtual SMTP server not starting. Emails sent via ASP files on our website enter the Pickup folder but fail to be sent to their destinations. When I attempt to start the virtual server I get the following error message: T...more >>

Hello, When I send a message to a specific address I get the error <msxvs01.trivadis.com #5.7.1 smtp;554 5.7.1 This message has been blocked because the HELO/EHLO domain is invalid> Well, except this special address the communication to all other domains is successfully. Where should ...more >>

Hi, 1) I set up SMTP and POP3 on Windows 2003 without any problems. 2) Followed clear instructions found at http://www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/EmailServ er.aspx 3) I have Broadband Connection and no static IP so added record at ZoneEdit.com MailServer mail.myname.co...more >>

hello, can someone please explain to me about the urn:schemas:mailheader:disposition name space , how to recieve its value and how it defers from the urn:schemas:mailheader:dispositon-notification-to name spcae ? thanks, Yaniv...more >>

hi guys, i need help in receiving mails from outside domains. i have an exchange server at home (testing). i am able to send mails outside but not able to receive mails. i checked the connectivity from my firewall using telnet. it tested out successfull. i do not have any domain name ...more >>

Currently we have IIS Virtual SMTP service running on a box and I am having a hard time sending out email within my domain, do I have to tie my SMTP Virtual Service to my Exchange 5.5? Thanks ...more >>

HELP - SMTP and X400 addresses not created with new account in AD. Recipient Policy is set to create addresses. None appear on AD E-mail addresses tab. Problem occurred after IE patch was applied and system rebooted. Should not be related. In Exchange administrator accounts appear to c...more >>

how to virus scan the iis smtp server, I put it up to=20 virus scan but the local file scan dosen=B4t find anything (Symantec). any ide=E1s of viruse scaning software that=20 will find it?? ...more >>

Hi all... My SMTP Service on IIS 6.0 is leaving the mail in the queued folder on my server. I cannot figure out why. Here is the set up: Windows 2000 Advanced Server IIS 6.0 Hard wired to a Microsoft Wireless G Router Cable Modem on router I am creating the email messages using CDO fo...more >>

I have been running my webserver for about 2 years without much issue. Last week it stop sending mail to my internal Exchange 5.5 Server. I get the following error: Unable to deliver this message because the follow error was encountered: "This message is a delivery status notification t...more >>

I'm using IIS 5.0 on a W2k server with GFI spam filtering to relay for my domain. Today I started getting failed email messages. I tested my DNS MX configuration with NSLOOKUP and noticed that NSLOOKUP is appending my domain name even when I enter a FQDN of other domains while testing. It's as...more >>

Hi Can someone help, or direct me to the correct ng, my question is this: RFC821(SMTP) is used to send mail from one smtp server to another, but how does the client program, e.g. outlook express, interface to the smtp server, does it use RFC821 as well ?...more >>

Hello, Running W2k3; Service running Exchange; Also a single static webpage on the same server; When IIS is opened up the Default SMTP Server is not listed within the tree? Is this normal? I am running Exchange so SMTP service is surely installed; THanks in advance, Vik ...more >>

I'm running the POP3/SMTP package that comes with Windows 2003 Server. I've got it setup with about ten or twenty user accounts in three different domains. Authentication is done with the encrypted password file method. The SMTP server is configured to allow relay for authenticated users onl...more >>

I've made several attempts to setup the default SMTP Virtual Server on my home testing server. The sole purpose is to test mail scripts using CDO...nothing else. I've read several articles and tutorials to no avail. I think the problem is related to my linksys router, the port forwarding set...more >>

I have two domains, lets call them primary.com and secodary.com. I am using the SMTP and POP3 services of Windows Server 2003. In this IIS / SMTP console I have primary.com setup as Local(Custom) (The FQDN of the host server is Local(Default)) and secondary.com setup as the Local(Alias). Th...more >>

Hi gurus, I am having an IIS6 server using it's SMTP virtual server to send mail. There are two mail items that cannot be sent and the error logged is: "The transport lost its connection to the server." The connection timeout is set to 10minutes in SMTP server. The email has some attachme...more >>

Hi, I have a server with a valid external IP address. Up until a couple of weeks it was sending email ok, now any email going out sits the the SMTP queue and fails to send with the error "unable to bind to address in DNS". I have also found that the server does not have a reverse DNS ...more >>

I have a exchange 2000 server. Once a day it stops sending messages. When I look at smtp queues I see messages awaiting directory lookup queue is growing. After I restart the server it starts sending messages. I see no related errors or warnings in the event viewer. Thanks for your h...more >>

Hello all. I have server with two IP addresses. For example: 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. I have Virtual SMTP server configured on 10.0.0.2 address. Problem: when Virtual SMTP server sends mail it uses 10.0.0.1 IP address = (10.0.0.1 is first in Network Properties). How can I configure SMTP ser...more >>

to a newsserver? Thanks ...more >>

Enable Moderator option, moderator gets the post to her email. What does she do next? If she replies to the post it continually comes back to her. What am I missing, I do not see any other option for approving the post to the newsgroup....more >>

I'm using the IIS SMTP server only as a relay for my mail server since I can authenticate to send with my regular mail server. But, my ISP started blocking port 25 both inbound and outbound. I've gotten around the inbound issue, but how can I change the outbound port for the IIS SMTP so that it...more >>

I am messing around with setting up the default SMTP server on my WinXP Pro machine. I have the SMTP setup like this: IP Address TCP Port (All Unassigned) 25 (All Unassigned) 26 telnet localhost 25 Connecting To localhost...Could not open connection to the host, on po...more >>

I am running windows 2000/IIS 5. For some reason the smtp service is sending all non delivery emails to my business email address. Any idea how to stop the non-delivery notifications from being sent (non-script), and also where the server might be storing my email address? ...more >>

How do I prevent the default SMTP service (IIS6) from sending out non delivery emails when an account does not exist ? This seem to be a huge loop hole in the current implementation, spammers try somename@mydomain.com and IIS happily tells them there is no such email. Most of the time the...more >>

I'm trying to drop a text file I created (mail.txt) file into the smtp pickup directory. I have created a remote domain according to Q324272. I have done this before on 2000 servers with no issue. The mail.txt file has the folowing in it: x-sender: stosti@tosti.net x-receiver: stost...more >>

hi, i'm trying to send an email with a big subject (about 2000 characters) but the email arrives with the subject containing alleatory blank spaces... example: i send "abcdefg" and receive "ab cdef g" has anyone seen that before? thanks, Paulo ...more >>

I have a (legitimate) program/system that generates and forwards emails on a monthly basis which is easily done via Win2003 SMTP. The issue is that I need to know if any of the mails are undeliverable (NDR) thus I would assume to need a (Win2003) pop server to receive the NDR mail which is bo...more >>

(Exchange 2003, SP1, Windows 2003, IIS) Over the past few weeks the IISAdmin service on my exchange server keeps crashing causing other services such as smtp, web etc to fail as well. It crashes every few days or could go for a week without crashing. please help! this is driving me insane! be...more >>

I'm having the strangest problem. Every time I start the SMTP service IIS Admin and it's dependants (FTP/Exchange Router/Pop3) all die. Like clockwork. We thought it was a problem with SMTP so we reinstalled it, but they all still die when we start SMTP. So we reinstalled Exchange... same issu...more >>

Hi, We are developing a system running on windows 2000(system A) which need to send email messages. The system will be deployed inside an organization which have another mail server(system B) with which messages can go out from the organization my questions are: 1.Is there any benefits...more >>

Hi! After using WinNT 4 and IIS 4 for many years we finally upgraded to Win2003 and IIS 6. We discovered that the SMTP log file writes multiple rows for each mail, which in turn makes the log files grow at extreme speed. Is there anyway we can get back to the old way of one row/mail? We sen...more >>

Windows Server 2003 Standard. How does one move the SMTP Queue from the default location of Inetpub\mailroot\Queue ? Peter J. Wahle Pistoleer.com ...more >>

I need some guidance I am planning to use SQL Server to loop thru and BCC chunks of 80 recipients MAX 100,000 recipients = maximum of 1,200 emails per run - there will be less than 10 runs a month I want to send them using OACreate 'CDO.Message' Is this a reasonable approach? How lon...more >>

I have a 4500 Proliant Server running Win2K Server that I use as a testing/development server for web apps. I run this at my home on a small LAN. The LAN includes two win2k pro pc's and the win2K server connected via a linksys router. I would like to configure SMTP Virtual Server so I can te...more >>

My exchange 2000 mail server is giving non delivery errors when atempting to send mail to hotmail accounts but it will send mail to other domains. how can I correct this? ...more >>