Re: SMTP problems

From: Simon Egginton (ewhost_simon_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:33:12 +0100

"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
news:%23hF1p5nvEHA.3276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> The SMTP Service is not a complete email server, only a SMTP server. It
> sounds like you are looking for a complete email server that provides POP3
> access, as well as SMTP.
>
> All you need to do in Outlook Express is specify the name/IP of the SMTP
> server in the SMTP field, and if applicable, specify username and
password.
> If you need help configuring the SMTP server, here are some instructions
> (written for Server 2003, but works on Windows XP as well):

I thank you for getting in touch with me! but may i ask?

Why the hell did microsoft only include SMTP and not POP? that is weird!

Thanks though...

Happy Halloween!

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