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all groups > iis smtp nntp > april 2006

smtp log shows unauthorized activity
Posted by deciacco at 4/27/2006 4:37:10 PM
I setup Windows 2003 server as a mail server with pop and smtp services. Smtp is setup with anonymous access and integrated win auth. Relay is set to Only list below (with an empty list) and allow all computers which succ. auth to relay regardless of the list. I've set my logging to hourly so...more >>


Disable NDR In Built-in SMTP?
Posted by Mio at 4/27/2006 10:12:01 AM
Hi. We have Windows Server 2003's build in Mail server running, and it's working fine for us except for one thing. It likes to send out an insane amount of NDRs to attempted spam at our domain, which, invariably leads to messages which can't get sent, tons of crap in the event log, and a queue...more >>

Question Re Securing SMTP Server
Posted by Joseph Geretz at 4/24/2006 2:02:40 PM
We would like to enable our commercially distributed application to send e-mails via SMTP. There are a number of applications for this. A couple quick examples are to enable customers to submit e-mail feedback to us, or to send in details of a run-time exception via e-mail. Because of the co...more >>

Spam filter for the SMTP Service ?
Posted by PL at 4/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone know of a free working spam filter for the Windows 2003 SMTP Service ? I found two free versions but both of them have discontinued development and they are very buggy. We are a very small company and cannot afford the sometimes ridicolous prices for something that should have b...more >>

creating a "Local (Custom)" domain
Posted by Dennis Jones at 4/23/2006 2:17:04 PM
Hi, I'm a newbie to IIS, and have IIS running from Windows Server 2003. I currently have the default SMTP virtual server configured with two "Local (Custom)" domains. I'd like to add another "Local (Custom)" domain, but cannot figure out how to do that. When I try to create a new domain, I...more >>

control.cancel question
Posted by Eman at 4/20/2006 1:52:45 PM
Please, help me with a simple intranet NNTP service (IIS5 on a standalone Windows 2000 Server, no Exchange Server). What do i want is as follows: 1. Do show control.* groups to administrators only. 2. Do provide "cancel message" functionality for all users. Is it possible to reconcile these...more >>

Uses of SMTP
Posted by Syed Zeeshan Haider at 4/19/2006 7:17:18 PM
Hello Everybody, I have WinXP SP2. I recently installed PHP for learning purposes. For PHP code testing, I have installed IIS server. So I am a total newbie. I have found IIS not only interesting but also too technical to understand. Can somebody give me any information about the uses and pos...more >>

Clustering SMTP
Posted by Rob at 4/19/2006 1:16:36 PM
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone had somewhere to point me to, or information to share, on the possibility of clustering SMTP service without exchange? Thanks! Rob. ...more >>



SMTP behind ISA 2004
Posted by Gilgamesh at 4/19/2006 10:47:01 AM
Hi, I've got SMTP server setup on a W2K3 server which is sittiling behind ISA 2004. There's a W2K3 domain controller with DNS running on it. I've configured ISA to allow outgoing SMTP traffic. However, ougoing mail get stuck in the queue. Event log shows the following error: Event Type: Wa...more >>

SMTP Drop Directory
Posted by Addison at 4/19/2006 9:34:03 AM
I have a default SMTP Server with the standard inetpub drop directory. I have a .net application that is ONLY dropping mail into e:\smtp\dropdirectory. This directory is not specified in the SMTP Server setup anywhere. The drop directory is set to d:\inetpub... Mail is being processed ...more >>

Hotmail does not accept mail sent by my SMTP server
Posted by Kane at 4/18/2006 9:11:14 AM
Wheneve I sent email to hotmail.com, it is rejected by them. This is the error message when I used SMTPDIAG to diagnose the problem. Error: Expected "250". Server rejected the sender address. Failed to submit mail to mx3.hotmail.com Error: Expected "220". Server is not accepting the connec...more >>

SMTP Virtual Server - how does it works?
Posted by marcin_zebrowski NO[at]SPAM vp.pl at 4/18/2006 4:22:41 AM
Hi, Im sending emails via Virtual SMTP Server installed with IIS. My question is how my Virtual SMTP Server knows, where other email servers are located. Or maybe it connects with email serwer of my domain first? ...more >>

Storage Time for SMTP
Posted by Rob at 4/14/2006 9:46:47 AM
Hello all, I am trying to find out how long Windows 2003 SMTP will store messages for retransmit? Thanks! Rob ...more >>

bounced email
Posted by param NO[at]SPAM community.nospam at 4/13/2006 10:20:02 AM
Why do I keep getting these types of NDRs frequently? Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: update notification for application #247 Sent: 4/13/2006 10:19 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: xxxxx@verizon.net on 4/13/2006 10:19 AM ...more >>

issues sending to AOL
Posted by Lloyd Kim at 4/12/2006 4:26:12 PM
We are having issues with the smtp virtual server sending emails to AOL email addresses. Has anyone seen similar problems and know how this can be fixed. My thought is this is due to some security within AOL that is causing the problems ...more >>

Configuring outbound IP for SMTP service
Posted by Mike Cain at 4/10/2006 8:46:47 PM
Using Win2K3 server - apparently for outbound email the SMTP service is using the default IP address on the NIC card as the IP seen by the receiving mail server. How can I change this? For example my server has multiple IPs defined. The default NIC is x.x.x.10. So when email servers receive...more >>

Mail doesn't forward to Smarthost (Exchange 2003)
Posted by Elmostool at 4/10/2006 6:45:02 PM
Server A: Windows 2003 IIS 6.0, New domain created under Virtual SMTP-bork.com. Smarthost configured to point to internal exchange server via IP (tried DNS also). Server B: Windows 2003 Exchange 2003. Relaying tab does not have Server A, but I did try placing it in there..no luck. Can ...more >>

0xC00402CE error insanity
Posted by tyler.style NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 4/10/2006 12:48:04 PM
I am most frustrated with this, and would appreciate any help! I had installed IIS with SMTP service on a Windows XP Pro SP2 box. A test email dropped into pickup transmitted fine. I then created a batch file to move emails from a network share to the pickup directory on a regular basis. Th...more >>

iis6 smtp
Posted by andy everett at 4/7/2006 11:48:15 AM
please can someone help me here, i've a problem where all my SMTP mail = sends are getting ... Message delivery to the remote domain <name> failed for the following = reason: The remote server did not respond to a connection attempt. this message is received for all external mail only. I'm ...more >>

smtp sending issue
Posted by param NO[at]SPAM community.nospam at 4/6/2006 2:31:33 PM
Hi all, I am trying to send an email in some asp.net code and our SMTP Server (EXchange) keeps kicking back with this message:- Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Requested action not taken: message refused Any ideas? The ip address of the sending server is in the allow...more >>

Some email relies Smart Host to deliver
Posted by Kane at 4/6/2006 9:15:52 AM
Hi; My internal SMTP server is configured on one of three W2K Active Directory domain controllers server, I found that if I do not use Smart Host; some email cannot be delivered. For example; if my user want to send an email to a recipient at "hotmail.com" and "sympatico.ca", etc. The ema...more >>

SMTP Clustering
Posted by MarkSJ at 4/6/2006 8:42:02 AM
Hi, I'm looking to cluster 2 servers (WS2003 Web Edition) where its sole use are SMTP servers. Should one server go down then another should take its place. Firstly, does anyone know if it can even be done using the web edition and secondly, how would I go about doing it? The servers are...more >>

Mail Queue Cannot Connect to Destination
Posted by Dan at 4/6/2006 8:23:02 AM
We just recently changed our T1 and MX record. There is a couple mail queues that mail will not leave from the server. One in particular that I worry about is with a client. I have talked with their IT staff. They have monitored their firewall to see if any incoming messages have come on their...more >>

Using IIS SMTP to route to external Exchange server
Posted by Patrick at 4/5/2006 1:59:02 PM
We're running a Windows Server 2003 file server, domain controller and our email is outsourced to an Exchange ASP. We have a new multifunction printer that has a 'Scan to Email' function we want to use, but the printer uses LDAP to find an internal mail server to use for it. Since our Exchan...more >>

SBS2003 vs. NNTP
Posted by rab2REMOVETHIS NO[at]SPAM 3ri.com at 4/4/2006 3:27:44 PM
I have not yet broken the code on how to get NNTP messages from news.microsoft.com to populate into Outlook Public Folders on an SBS2003, SP1 system. Oddly, I have managed to get the newsgroup names to be created when set as a peer server, but no messages are showing up. But whether news.mi...more >>

Parse received emails
Posted by Michele Franzoni at 4/4/2006 2:50:39 PM
I wrote a software which process emails. The emails are received trough windows smtp service and stored on the disk, i use a FileSystemWatcher object from c# to know when i file stored in the drop folder. I'm looking for a better way to do it, is there a callback or something else to know wh...more >>

IIs 6.0 NNTP
Posted by Dave at 4/2/2006 9:43:34 PM
Does NNTP accomodate web access or just intranet access? ...more >>

NNTP
Posted by Dave at 4/1/2006 3:15:28 PM
Discussion groups like this one are very helpful in pinning down problems and solutions. Occasionally, however, a unique topic will be raised that is unrelated and merits a discussion group and forum of its own. To this end I wanted to set up NNTP on my personal computer to handle such occasional...more >>


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