mail setup

[Port Man]

I have a new Win2003 SP2 server installed. IIS with ASP.NET is the
only service installed. There are 5 different domains on the server
with static HTML pages.

Now, we want to have some asp.net sites that will require email to be
sent from them. I know I need to install the SMTP service, but can
someone point me to a tutorial on how to setup the server for multiple
domains to be able to send/receive email?

Thanks.

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[Enkidu]

Port Man wrote:
>
> I have a new Win2003 SP2 server installed. IIS with ASP.NET is the
> only service installed. There are 5 different domains on the server
> with static HTML pages.
>
> Now, we want to have some asp.net sites that will require email to be
> sent from them. I know I need to install the SMTP service, but can
> someone point me to a tutorial on how to setup the server for multiple
> domains to be able to send/receive email?
>
I believe that the SMTP service cannot, of itself, receive SMTP email,
and requires Exchange or some other mailserver to properly receive
email. It has no mail delivery mechanism. However it can send emails
just fine. (If I'm wrong hopefully someone can correct me and point out
where I am wrong).

When you programmatically send email, you can at that stage specify such
details as your 'from' or sender address. If you can programmatically
determine which domain you are sending for, there should be no problem.
From memory the SMTP service does not need configuration. (Again if I
am wrong, please someone correct me).

You might be able to programmatically interface with the SMTP service
and do your own mail handling, but that would be like writing your own
Exchange server. It would probably be easier to receive emails to your
Exchange server and then pick them up from there. (For the last time,
please correct me if I'm wrong. I think I remember how it works, but
it's been a while!)

Cheers,

Cliff

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