We are in the process of setting up an IIS SMTP relay server in our DMZ for all inbound and outbound mail. We have two exchange bridgehead servers which I'd like the IIS relay server to be able to relay inbound mail to for each of our domains. Is there any way to set IIS to relay to multipl...more >>

Hi, in order to be able to send an email, do I have to specify and SMTP gateway? how would a server know that an email should be relayed to a specified server? Thanks. Frank ...more >>

I have seen lots of posts about this error, but there are so many variations of which none has solved my problem i have decided to start my own topic, as I really could do with some help! :( I have a number of windows servers which have been trundling along for months sending emails without so...more >>

i would like to know if SMTP in IIS can be used as a secondary mail spooler. One of my clients is moving to Cavalier who does not do secondary mail spooling. I would like to set up an IIS server to spool the mail whilw I move the network and IP block for the client's mail server. I host the...more >>

I've installed Win2k3 SP1 and IIS6. When I look at the Default SMTP Virtual Server Domains list, I see a number of domains. 1 is the myserver.mydomain.local. Another is a domain with a long hex string with some hyphens. The format is similar to the following: 12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789a...more >>

Here is the scenario: 1. Stop SMTP 2. ASP.NET app tries to send some e-mails 3. E-mails get queued 4. Start SMTP My question is; will those queued e-mails automatically be delivered immediately after the SMTP service restarts? Or could there be a delay? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi there. I have a webserver (windows2000 running cdosys) that generates a lot of emails to a particular domain. This domain is of a customer that is directly connected and wishes me to configure the server with a hosts entry to point to the inside address of their mail server. I have done...more >>

I have a windows 2003 server which runs without a problem supporting outlook and express clients. However, some of my users from time to time do not have access to either and would like to access their mail in a similar fashion to Hotmail. Is there any WebMail client that you can suggest f...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know to configure the mail server that comes with Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition? I have it configured using the Manage Your Server wizard but cannot send or receive mail. Thank for your help. ...more >>

Hi, I got IIS6 on a W2K3 box. although SMTP service is installed, it does not show up in IIS. i have tried to register the dll using regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\smtpsnap.dll but this did not help. can somebody help me please. thanks in advance. ...more >>

Whenever I send email from my Windows SMTP server, it is not delivered immediately, some will be delivered after 5 to 15 minutes, some will be delivered after 1 day. Does anybody know the reasons? I checked the DNS server, it seems that the dns name resolution ok, it can solve the name res...more >>

All, Is there a way to make Windows 2003 IIS 6 support 256 bit TLS? As far as I have read, IIS6 does not support it. I really need this up and running ASAP! Do I need to use Apache to do this? If there is a way for IIS 6, please follow up with info and links if possible. Thanks, FastE...more >>

I keep getting messages from my server saying "SMTP Server Remote Queue Length Alert" and the message says "A large number of messages are pending in the e-mail server send queue" When I look in the queue 90% of these are messages being forwarded to blackberries and they are simply not send...more >>

All, Is there a way to make Windows 2003 IIS 6 support 256 bit TLS? As far as I have read, IIS6 does not support it. I really need this up and running ASAP! Do I need to use Apache to do this? If there is a way for IIS 6, please follow up with info and links if possible. Thanks, Fas...more >>

I have my exchange server running. There was a power blackout that made the server shut down unexpectedly and unsafely. When i re-started the server, it was fine except that the Default SMTP Server will not start. Any attempts to stop and start the service is futile. any ideas to restart t...more >>

I just installed IIS on my win xp pro machine. I've got my website up and running, but i havent the foggiest clue about what to do with the SMTP server.. i run my own domain from this server, and i want some email address's and whatnot, i want my website to be able to send mail.. i want perf...more >>

hi, we have a website directory for people to contact the advertisers and we are using smtp and ASP. there are only 2 pop3's established, each of which are for our company's normal internal use. so a normal web user sees a company advertised on our website and wishes to contact him - ...more >>

I get following error message when i send mails from my outlook using MS Exchange 2003. " raman22@rediffmail.com on 8/1/2005 6:03 PM There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. Please contact your system administrator. <mailserver.dpsludhiana.local #5.5.0 ...more >>

We have a Windows 2003 server with IIS6 and have been struggling with SMTP and POP. The SMTP Virtual appears to be working fine and POP3 MMC shows the POP3 Service working. However, when I test mail functionality via a .php program I get an error. I then checked via telnet and received error...more >>

I read the article about sending mail at http://www.developersdex.com/gurus/articles/374.asp?Page=1 and it mentions creating a dll for additional requirements. Can anyone give me any info on you would do this? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

My PC is windowXP pro, install with IIS5, with cdonts.dll. I have using test ASP script to try sent email by ASP, I find it works, but all email stored in waiting queue folder "C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue" but no action taken! Whats wrong of this issue!? ...more >>