Re: Mail sent through IIS virtual SMTP server not arriving

Thanks, Bruce.

I know that I won't have any problem for my application in sending and
receiving email if I simply use the SMTP server of my ISP. I tried it,
and it worked perfectly fine. And in this case, I don't have do
anything about the virtual SMTP server on my IIS 5.1.

But, I am trying to test if I can send email in my web application
through the IIS virtual SMTP server only.

So if I end up having to forward to my ISP's SMTP server, it'll beat my
objective, plus, I could have just used my ISP's SMTP service.

So, any idea about why I am not receiving the mail "sent" from the
virtual SMTP? By quoting "sent", I meant that at least it looks like
to have been sent.

Bruce Barker wrote:
you probably need to configure the smtp server to correctly forward mail to
your isp's smtp server. does the isp smtp require authenication? does it
require the from match authenication?

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


<antonyliu2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've set up the virtual smtp server on my IIS 5.1 like so:

1. Assign IP address to "All Unassigned", and listen to port 25.
2. Access Connection granted to "127.0.0.1".
3. Relay only allow "127.0.0.1".
4. Authentication: "Anonymous access" only.
5. Outbound connection listen to TCP 25.

Besides,

6. I've opened up port 25 in my Linksys WRT45G wireless router.
7. I've made port 25 an exception in my WinXP Pro built-in firewall.
8. Unblocked port 25 in McAfee 8.0 enterprise edition.

I used the following code, and

Response.Write("Your E-mail has been sent sucessfully - Thank You")

is executed and I don't see any exception.

However, the mail never arrived!

So, what's the problem?

Is it possible to configure the virtual SMTP server to listen to a
non-standard port for just sending email? I heard that my ISP SBC DSL
blocks port 25. If this is possible, how to let it listen to a
different port?

***** The code I use ***********

<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>

<script runat="server">

Sub btnSubmit_Click(sender as object, e as EventArgs)
If Page.IsValid Then
' Create a new blank MailMessage
Dim mailMessage As MailMessage = new MailMessage ()
mailMessage.From = txtFrom.Text
mailMessage.To = txtTo.Text
mailMessage.Cc = txtCc.Text
mailMessage.Subject = "Test SMTP Message Send using port"
mailMessage.Body = txtName.Text & ", " &txtComments.Text
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1"

Try
SmtpMail.Send(mailMessage)
Response.Write("Your E-mail has been sent sucessfully - Thank You")
Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write(("The following exception occurred: " +
ex.ToString()))
'check the InnerException
While Not (ex.InnerException Is Nothing)
Response.Write("--------------------------------")
Response.Write(("The following InnerException reported: "
+ ex.InnerException.ToString()))
ex = ex.InnerException
End While
End Try
End If
End Sub
</script>

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