iis smtp nntp: 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 firewall softare.

When I try and send email from my ASP page using CDO the mail jumps
directly to my queue folder. I'm assuming it's a seup problem. My ISP is
ntlworld but my site is hosted by another company, the domain registered
with another (the domain registered place has mail forwarding enabled).

If I try to do an NSLOOKUP NTLworld (i think this is what I need to do) it
tells me my router IP is not a valid domain. However, I can telnet into
ntlworld, the host or domain registras site and seem to be able to send
email from there, but I need to send it from IIS SMTP on my localhost to
test my scripts.

Many thx for any assistanace/step by stepguide to set it up, after 3 days
trying to work it out......I'm stumped.

Cheers
Stu

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Can you advise how I can do this please? When you say SMTP box do you mean
my localhost machine or which of my hosts? (ISP, Host or domain registra)

Thx
Stu

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:16:18 -0000, "Stuart Palmer"
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The system with SMTP on it. Are you trying to forward through your
ISP's system? Have you checked the SMTP logs for what might be wrong?

It goes into the queue directory if the SMTP service can not work out where
it should be delivered straight away. The SMTP service will attempt to
continue to deliver the mail for the next few days.

I would check that DNS resolution is working on the SMTP server box first.

Cheers
Ken


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: 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 firewall softare.
:
: When I try and send email from my ASP page using CDO the mail jumps
: directly to my queue folder. I'm assuming it's a seup problem. My ISP is
: ntlworld but my site is hosted by another company, the domain registered
: with another (the domain registered place has mail forwarding enabled).
:
: If I try to do an NSLOOKUP NTLworld (i think this is what I need to do) it
: tells me my router IP is not a valid domain. However, I can telnet into
: ntlworld, the host or domain registras site and seem to be able to send
: email from there, but I need to send it from IIS SMTP on my localhost to
: test my scripts.
:
: Many thx for any assistanace/step by stepguide to set it up, after 3 days
: trying to work it out......I'm stumped.
:
: Cheers
: Stu
:
:
:

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Jeff, yes, this sounds exactly what i am trying to do. The machine with
SMTP/IIS on is my locahlhost at home, my development machine.
I have written some ASP code to send an email to my peronsal (ISP) email
address (username@ntlworld.com, where username is my account name) to test
the emails output, but my problem is that it's just sitting in the queue. If
I use outlook express with the same email address, it's work fine, it's just
with IIS it's getting stuck in the queue.

To be honest I'm new to this, I hav no idea where to find the logs, can you
advise please?

Thx
Stu

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:41:47 GMT, "Stuart Palmer"
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First, test your SMTP:

HOW TO: Test Windows 2000 IIS SMTP Services Manually
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;286421

HOW TO: Test SMTP Services Manually in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323350

Next, see if your ISP blocks port 25 to prevent you fron running an
SMTP server sending spam.

The SMTP logs are normally in system32\logfiles.

Ken,
I can telnet into my ISPs server on port 25 and send a successful mail
from there to my inbox, I guess my next step is setting up my SMTP Virtual
Server to do process the mails correctly? Does this sound right? Everything
I try locally seems to kep the mail in the queue.

Is there a guide somewhere that I can use to set this up?

Thx
Stu