Ok I have a .com domain and I just set up smtp through IIS. Now when I send an email to user@domain.com, I get the mail in the drop folder. So my question is, do I have to have some other server running to get the mail to users, or can I setup IIS smtp to do it? I know I could use exchange, but is that nessasary?
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Smtp Server needed or not??
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Sampko,
Many ISPs will not allow you to relay mail on a smtp server other than theirs unless the mail is coming out of a static IP address. Is yours static? If it is, read through the logs to find the exact error codes for the dumped mail. Google the error messages. IIS gives pretty good documentation of the events, if you can sort through all the different logs it uses to store that info.
Many ISPs will not allow you to relay mail on a smtp server other than theirs unless the mail is coming out of a static IP address. Is yours static? If it is, read through the logs to find the exact error codes for the dumped mail. Google the error messages. IIS gives pretty good documentation of the events, if you can sort through all the different logs it uses to store that info.
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Ok here is the log file output. Thease are the only entrys in the log:
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 HELO - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 MAIL - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 RCPT - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 DATA - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 QUIT - 0
Doesn't that mean that it was sucessfull? And yes I have a static IP and my isp allows the fowarding. Basically my question is wheather the IIS service will work by itself for individual mailboxes, or if I have to get some other type of server.
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 HELO - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 MAIL - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 RCPT - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 DATA - 250
09:10:14 66.163.168.188 QUIT - 0
Doesn't that mean that it was sucessfull? And yes I have a static IP and my isp allows the fowarding. Basically my question is wheather the IIS service will work by itself for individual mailboxes, or if I have to get some other type of server.
ChrisHirst
IS-IT--Management
No, the SMTP service for IIS is a SMTP server only so does not have POP3 mailbox capability.
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ChrisHirst
IS-IT--Management
Quite a few depends on your budget and feature requirement.
here's two I use depending on the clients needs.
MailEnable
Kerio MS
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here's two I use depending on the clients needs.
MailEnable
Kerio MS
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Homersim2600
Technical User
So XP Pro doesn't come bundled with a POP3 server along with the SMTP server? I haven't used XP Pro in a while, but I know with Server 2003 you have to install the POP3 server independant of the SMTP server. hmmm???
By-the-way, it is not mentioned in this posting, probably because we are not really dealing with POP3, but if you are to get an e-mail server fully functional, both SMTP and POP3, then you will have to create a MX-record with whoever holds your other DNS entries. There is a slew of info on how to do this on the web, and, depending on who your DNS holder is, there will be info there as well. Also, I have a dynamic IP address and I am able to run a full email server there. The only drawbacks are that I cannot email folks with an AOL, or roadrunner (my ISP) email address because these dynamic IP address blocks are blocked--Just a bit of FYI.
LF
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."--Albert Einstein
By-the-way, it is not mentioned in this posting, probably because we are not really dealing with POP3, but if you are to get an e-mail server fully functional, both SMTP and POP3, then you will have to create a MX-record with whoever holds your other DNS entries. There is a slew of info on how to do this on the web, and, depending on who your DNS holder is, there will be info there as well. Also, I have a dynamic IP address and I am able to run a full email server there. The only drawbacks are that I cannot email folks with an AOL, or roadrunner (my ISP) email address because these dynamic IP address blocks are blocked--Just a bit of FYI.
LF
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."--Albert Einstein
Windows XP Pro definitely does not come with a POP3 server. Im not sure that Server 2003 does, either, I havent used it. I would be surprised if it did, since that would cut into sales of Exchange Server. There is a pretty cool free mail handler available called MailEnable The standard version has smtp and pop, and it gets better with the paid versions. From the original post it sounded like you already had a POP3 server on the web, and were just trying to use your local SMTP server in IIS to send mail. This shouldn't be a problem for you. Make sure the firewall is set correctly to allow the traffic (tcp and udp) both in and out.
Homersim2600
Technical User
Server 2003 DOES have a POP3 server; I use it on my server at home. Exchange Server has far more many features than what the POP3 server for Server 2003 could ever dream of; no competition. I think the POP3 that is bundled with 2003 is just a service and is not the full POP3 Server; it works for what I need it for.
LF
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LF
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."--Albert Einstein
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