"Dan" <daniel_c_hate_spam@NoSpam_myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any command we can use in scheduled task to restart the IIS SMTP
> server automatically without restarting Websites & FTP?
>
> I check IISreset command, but no parameter to restart SMTP only.

"Jeff Henkels" <jeff@mapson.jeffhenkels.com> wrote in message
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> "Dan" <daniel_c_hate_spam@NoSpam_myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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>> Is there any command we can use in scheduled task to restart the IIS SMTP
>> server automatically without restarting Websites & FTP?
>>
>> I check IISreset command, but no parameter to restart SMTP only.
>
> Go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services & bring up the
> properties for the SMTP service; the Recovery tab has options for
> automatically restarting the SMTP service.

"Dan" <daniel_c_hate_spam@NoSpam_myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Henkels" <jeff@mapson.jeffhenkels.com> wrote in message
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>> "Dan" <daniel_c_hate_spam@NoSpam_myrealbox.com> wrote in message
>> news:u1U5XCaHFHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Is there any command we can use in scheduled task to restart the IIS
>>> SMTP server automatically without restarting Websites & FTP?
>>>
>>> I check IISreset command, but no parameter to restart SMTP only.
>>
>> Go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services & bring up the
>> properties for the SMTP service; the Recovery tab has options for
>> automatically restarting the SMTP service.
> Thanks. I am aware of it, but is there any specific command to do this
> manually?

> No, but you could do it with a couple instances of the sc command:
>
> sc query smtpsvc -- find out if smtp is running
> sc start smtpsvc -- start it if it isn't
>
> Combine those commands and a bit of parsing code into a batch file, and
> you're there. You could also write a JScript/VBScript or a Win32 console
> program in VB or VC that does the same thing.
>
> If you're not interested in verifying that the start succeeded, you could
> just periodically execute "sc start smtpsvc". If the SMTP server is
> already running, the command will fail, and if SMTP's stopped, it'll
> restart.
>