Hi, We have a windows 2003 computer with IIS6 + SMTP installed however we cannot see the Default SMTP... in InetMgr. Any ideas why that is and how we can get it to appear? Thx for any help. Jonathan. ...more >>

I have a win2003 enterprise server with SMTP installed. I telnet to the server on port 25 to try and test sending mail but the mail just gets stuck in the queue directory. I am sending the mail to an internal e-mail address so it doesn't pass a firewall and anyway the firewall is set to allow...more >>

Is their a way in SMTP Virtual Server to have it accept mail for a literal domain. Is it just a matter of setting up an alias server with the ip address or is it more involved? This is a SMTP Virtual Server with a default domain mail.domain.com and a remote domain domain.com. The default ...more >>

Hi, I'm using windows 2003 with asp. However I'm having problems sending email using the cdosys object. My code is below and I don't believe its the code but on the send command. <% dim sch dim cdoConfig dim cdoMessage sch = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/" ...more >>

Setup - SMTP Default Virtual Server (Machinename - Local Default, DomainB - Local Custom) I have a questions about changing the smtp address for NDR's. Any mail being sent to DomainB that is invalid, gets a NDR sent out postmaster@<machinename>. I want it to say postmaster@domainb.com. I ...more >>

Incoming Emails setup: We have a smtp server (win2003/IIS) in DMZ (Nat'ed using a public IP) which accepts all emails from the Internet for our domain for example xyz.com and delivers all that email to our exchange 2003 server (inside network). All is well here. Outgoing Emails setup: Exc...more >>

Hi, I keep getting the following error message in the event log: SMTP could not connect to any DNS server. Either none are configured, or all are down. I have an exhange 2003 server that uses this SMTP as a smart host. Problem is email is getting stuck in the queue and not going anywhere. ...more >>

I have a program that send out emails. It creates .eml files and saves them to the "Pickup" folder of SMTP service. The emails are sent all right. However, in the quoted-printable encoded body of the emails, if any line starts with a dot (period, full stop, or Punkt if you're German), the dot ...more >>

Hi everyone, I am trying to find a step by step guide to be able to set up my localhost development machine to be able to send email to test my scripts are working as expected before uploading live. My setup is a Win2K machine, with latest patches and a DLink router, AVG antivirus and...more >>

Hi I need to change the default mailroot directory of my Default SMTP Virtual Server from c:\inetpub\mailroot to another location (d:\intepub\mailroot). Running Windows 2000 Standard, IIS 5.0 I tried creating a new virtual server, stopping the old one etc. and sending my test message usin...more >>

Hi, Is there any support in the news server (IIS 6) for reading news over HTTP? If the above support does not exist and I know that many organizations use this scenario (news over HTTP) is there a complementary product? any other ideas? -- Thanks Eric...more >>

Hello I have a trivial CDO example script (below) which works perfectly. A colleague using my script as a base always gets error: "The transport failed to connect to the server." The only differences I can see are these calls... [**** start snippet Const cdoSendUsingMethod = ...more >>

I have an IIS server running SMTP services on the same network as my POP3 server. Currently, I have a backup MX that takes will deliver any local mail... Any way to have SMTP delivery directly to the mail server? ...more >>

I have a W2k3 server that has several public ip addresses. I want to - A - Have each separate domain identify itself as mail.domain.com B - Allow each domain to have the postmaster@domain.com account C - Have ndr's list postmaster@domain.com D - Allow pop3 access to all domains. I know how...more >>

I have a Win2K server running SMTP server. I opened up relay and connection security for internal usage, our router doesn't allow incoming info and the server does not have an internet IP, just a LAN IP address. If I send email to this server's IP from a Windows app using ASPMail from ServerO...more >>

It seems to me that in order to send email using ASP that you have to have a COM to do it. This requires that you enable relaying, but that opens up a hole. How can I get this accomplished without getting hacked? I have ASPEmail installed (CDO was giving me problems), and I have to enable ...more >>

Hi I'm sending a lot of mails periodically using SMTP and CDONTS.NewMail. There is a better way to do this and to improve performace? I mean that if that I can send it grouped by domains or something like this. If I group the list by domain, the SMTP works better that if I send its w...more >>

After reading at length about using exchange on my public server, I have come the the conclusion, I can't. So what I would like to do is setup each website I host as a separate smtp virtual server. This way, they can all have the address postmaster@domain and abuse@domain. Please let me k...more >>

every time i try, i get this error message: Event Type: Warning Event Source: smtpsvc Event Category: None Event ID: 4006 Date: 11-03-2005 Time: 10:20:17 User: N/A Computer: SERVER Description: Message delivery to the host '212.54.64.178' failed while delivering to the remote domain...more >>

Hello ! After de-install and re-install SMTP service now i'don't see anymore the SMTP icons in IIS Manager. I try to re-boot the server, but nothing. The service is on , in fact in services list the smtp service is start but in IIS manager i'dont see the icon !! This is true ! Thank...more >>

Hi, we've been using CDO to send mail from a custom ASPNET application, but now it has suddenly (and unexpectedly) stopped working. The error message returned is (the infamous) "CDO.Message.1 error '80040213' The transport failed to connect to the server" The application uses localhost (li...more >>

I know exchange server is a email server with outlook client. Can I use smtp for email server and how without exchange? ...more >>

I recently firmed up the security on a fully functioning mail server: My clients and my host are now using SPA and SMTP authentication. (please advise if this is best) Why would my Win2003 SMTP server now queue and not send mail that is destined for domains not listed within the POP3 Servic...more >>

I am running Windows 2000 Pro SP4. I am trying to install SMTP service so I can drop email into the pickup folder and have it sent off. I have read many posts relating to this problem and tried all(?) of the suggested fixes with no luck. 1. File and Print sharing are installed and running. 2. ...more >>

Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message") myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO" myMail.From="mymail@mydomain.com" myMail.To="mymail@mydomain.com" myMail.TextBody="This is a message." myMail.Send It works fine above script. But I found that only the Email send to the acoount hosted under m...more >>

Winows 2000, SP4, IIS5.0, Norton AVCE 7.6, Brightmail 5.5 AntiSpam. Messages build up in queue directory, delivery becomes slow and eventually delivery to one of my domains stops altogehter. I have 45 Domains configured under the Virtual Server. All Domains are configured to forward mail to ...more >>

Hi, i am a VB programmer developing a newsletter kind of application. i am using winsock control for checking the mails in my mailbox. can any one let me know how to detect a bounced mail in my mailbox using? is there any special header for recognise the bounced mail? thanx in advance. Reg...more >>

We have this problem periodically and I have been unable to link it to any specific event here or find a sure way to fix it. It just happens randomly for a week or so, then seems to clear up on its own. I have had great difficulty finding a cause, but tend to think that it is something going...more >>

Hi, I have the following situation, W2k3 with IIS6 SMTP and POP3. I can send and recieve email via SMTP but when I configure the POP3 service recieved emails are not transfered to their mailbox. When I start OE I can send email and look in the POP3 mailbox but the recieve email stays in ...more >>

I have read many many articles about this but none of the fixes seem to apply to me. We have a pretty flat exchange structure. We have a W2k3 server as our SMTP relay exposed to the internet. That relay sends the mail to our one and only E2k3 server. There are no other mail servers in our ...more >>

Does IIS-SMTP have an auto respond functionality which will allow a friendly message to be sent out if a email is sent to the SMTP service? Thanks... ...more >>

Hi, I am using IIS/SMTP Service on Windows 2000 professional for sending email, it was working fine on Windows XP Professional and on this it is not giving any error message but In Event Viewer its giving follwing warning. 'Message delivery to the remote domain 'yahoo.com' failed for t...more >>

Hi, I have setup isa2000 and configured the IIS smtp on this isa server as a relay server so that all mail servers behind this firewall can relay off this isa smtp server. I also set the smart host setting on the isa smtp service to further relay off our ISP relay server as such: internal e...more >>