RE: Question about IIS v5 SMTP Virtual Server

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From: Joe L. IIS Developer Support (joe_at_nospam.nospam)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:51:02 GMT

If you chosed to run IIS SMTP on your computer, then you could use your computer to send out the email
from your website because SMTP would be running.

I highly encourage and recommend as an Systems Administrator of 7 years to please read all you can
about securing SMTP on IIS if you decide to use it. Here is one article I came across using
Google.com:
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing_Securing_IIS_Servers_Part1.html

In other words, you do not want your computer left open as a possible spam relayer. This happens with
many people who turn on SMTP and don't do a thing to secure it.

Looking through PHPNuke's site, I have found a thread where several people recommending using other
Mail Transfer Agents (or MTAs or commonly known as Mail Servers). Check their recommendations for
having your PHPNuke sending out emails:
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=159

Other than that, you would have to check the settings for PHPNuke (either manually or within the Web
Console) to use an external webserver. I am only familiar with running PHPNuke with an internal SMTP
service running.

Thank you.

Joe L.
Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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| Subject: Question about IIS v5 SMTP Virtual Server
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|
| Hi
|
| I have been running IIS for a while now, basically just playing around with
| the Web server and FTP server elements.
| I have now decided to host a web server running PHP scripts which require
| the ability to send outgoing email.
| I believe this requires the use of an SMTP server and wondered if this is
| what the Virtual SMTP server is?
|
| I am not very well up on SMTP so but this is what I know (or assume in some
| cases)
|
| I have 3 PC's all have their own email account but all use the same ISP SMTP
| server to Post email. The each have it configured with the associated
| password to send outgoing email.
|
| I was going to try and set this ISP SMTP server up in my PHP script when I
| came across the SMTP Virtual Server.
|
| My question is this?
| Can I configure this Virtual SMTP Server up to 'connect' to my ISP's SMTP
| server and then have my 3 PC's configured to point to _my_ internal SMTP
| server and act as a relay to post outgoing email?
|
| Can I use the _internal_ SMTP server for configuration within my PHP script
| that is running on IIS on the same server? (The PHP Script is PHP-Nuke v.7)
|
| Any advice appreciated.
|
|
|
|

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