setting up an email account

[gib999]

Hi,

I'm running IIS 6.0 on a Windows Server 2003 Web Edition machine. I've got the default SMTP server running on it, but I'd like to add some services to it. Specifically, I'd like to add an email account so that I can receive emails (right now the SMTP service allows me to send emails but not receive). For that, I need to setup an email account on the server. How can I do that? I can do it through IIS, can't I?

 

[PScottC]

Short answer: no.

You would have to write a program to retrieve the mail from SMTP. When SMTP recieves a mail, it will simply put it into a drop folder on the server. Another application will have to monitor that folder and put the mail where it's supposed to go.

Unfortunately, since you're running Web Edition, I don't believe that you have the POP3 server as an installable option. If you were running 2003 Standard or higher, you could install the included POP3 mail server from the add/remove windows options.

PSC

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