Re: Receiving mail in IIS 5.1?

From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:39:36 +0100

Hello,

An SMTP server both receives and sends emails. And since the SMTP server in
Windows XP is..hmm...an SMTP server, it can very well receive emails.

The problem, will however be that all emails is dropped in a folder. This is
where the POP3 server take place. It checks the folder, and moves the emails
to the correct mailbox. Later, when the client wants to read his/her emails,
he/she connects to the POP3 server, and download the emails.

I draw a picture, you can find it here:

http://www.ilopia.com/temp/smtp.jpg 

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Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
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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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