Re: Receiving mail in IIS 5.1?

From: Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] (jmaltz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:08:09 -0500

Hi,

No, you cannot using the built-in tools (as you said, SMTP is only to send
email, not receive it, you would need a POP or IMAP server to receive). I
am sure in this case "mailbox" has another meaning 

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"A Chap" <blackhole@abuse.plus.com> wrote in message
news:pbjc40lh2mht7l34a7eqm88gaiigtdl2hi@4ax.com...
> AFAICS you cannot receive mail in iis in win xp pro, as it supports
> smtp delivery but not pop3 or imap etc. However in the 'mail root'
> directory, there is a 'mailbox' folder, suggesting you can after all.
> When I try and collect mail to my domain name, the server receives it
> and then sends it out again (to the secondary mx where it queues until
> I finger and the process repeats itself)
>
> So the question is: can I receive mail? and if so how?
>
> Many Thanks.

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