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iis smtp nntp : Using SMTP with a different port


jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
4/6/2005 12:00:00 AM
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Change the port for SMTP. :)

How you do this depends on the version, but it's normally under
connection properties, on the General tab. Outgoing can use just
about any port but nothing will send to you unless you're answering on
port 25 in most cases.

foehammer NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com
4/6/2005 6:53:19 AM
Hello,
I've paid for a Bellsouth DSL account with a static IP address. They
are currently blocking port 25 to cut back on spamming. I have also
purchased email addresses from Godaddy.com. I'm using Thunderbird as
my email client and can easily connect using port 3535. How can I
configure IIS to do the same with SMTP? I'm hosting several small,
personal websites for friends and would like to be able to send mail
from my server (for password recovery, etc.). Any ideas?

Thanks,
foehammer NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com
4/7/2005 1:15:44 PM
Doh! I can't believe I didn't see that. How do I tell it the name of
the server that it should send the mail to?

Will

PS. Thanks for helping a clueless n00b!

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jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
4/8/2005 12:00:00 AM
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You mean to send mail to a specific system? SMTP gets that with the
TO address and a DNS lookup for the MX record for the domain. Unless
you want to send all your mail through your GoDaddy account, which may
not be possible with GoDaddy. Ask them if it is and how to configure
it.

Jeff

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jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
4/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
On 12 Apr 2005 05:59:20 -0700, foehammer@hotmail.com (Foehammer)
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Have you tried configuring the ougoing port on SMTP?

Jeff


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foehammer NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com
4/12/2005 5:59:20 AM
Right. I want it to simply relay everything that it gets to port 3535
on Godaddy's server. They said that they can't help me with it. I'm
assuming that it can be done as long as I can configure IIS to relay
messages to the appropriate port on the appropriate server.

Will

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foehammer NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com
4/13/2005 10:30:10 AM
Yeah, I tried that, but it still needs to know what server to send the
mail to. I'm thinking that it might have something to do with the
advanced delivery settings, but the documentation is a bit unclear. Do
I need to set the masquerade domain or the fully qualified domain
name, or what? Or do I use the Smart Host? If I'm using Smart Host, do
I set that at the SMTP server level, or at the level of the individual
domain(s) under the SMTP server? Yikes, this is complicated.

Will

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jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
4/13/2005 8:25:21 PM
On 13 Apr 2005 10:30:10 -0700, foehammer@hotmail.com (Foehammer)
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So are you sending mail out through GoDaddy or receiving it? Do you
want to accept the mail from GoDaddy and send it on to somewhere else?
Does your server send email at all right now? What version of
operating system?

Jeff



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foehammer NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com
4/14/2005 7:40:35 AM
Actually, I only want the server to be able to send email through
Godaddy. I'll retrieve email using my email client directly through
Godaddy's server.
I'm currently running Windows 2000 Server with all the latest patches
(except for the ones released this Tuesday). At the moment, the server
does not send email at all (because of the port blocking by
Bellsouth). Both the SMTP and the web server are on the same box. All
I really need to be able to do is redirect email sent from localhost
to the SMTP service to the Godaddy account on a different port.

Thanks for all the help,

Will

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jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
4/14/2005 7:46:05 PM
On 14 Apr 2005 07:40:35 -0700, foehammer@hotmail.com (Foehammer)
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You shouldn't need to send mail through GoDaddy, you should be able to
send direct. Otherwise, GoDaddy is your smarthost. Enter GoDaddy's
SMTP server as the smarthost in your SMTP. Make sure GoDaddy allows
you to relay through their servers. You may need to configure your
SMTP to authenticate to theirs to do this as well.

Jeff


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