iis smtp nntp: What do I need to have in place in order to send an email from within a command file? I have an automated script that is launched by the scheduler and I need to receive an email when an issue arises.

What are the key pieces that I need to consider?

Thank you,

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You need to ensure that your mailserver passes the PTR-HELO-A
roundtrip check -- as always for any outbound mailserver. You must
have functioning DNS resolvers. (If your mailserver is already
properly config'd, these will not require additional work.)

Next, you must permit relay for specific IPs and/or for authenticated
sessions (the latter being already allowed by default). The more
sophisticated command-line e-mail senders, and scripts using CDOSYS or
later Microsoft technologies, support authentication. More primitive
methods will not be able to pass auth credentials to your mailserver,
so you will need to permit relay by the source IP (the IP of the box
that runs the script) instead.

--Sandy



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Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist
Broadleaf Systems, a division of
Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc.