Re: How to setup SMTP on Windows 2003 Server to send and receive emails

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:45:07 +0200

It sounds like you need a POP3 server too, and not only SMTP.

You maybe want to look here:

http://www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/EmailServer.aspx 

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"Belinda" <belindacur@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41af5e48.0405220416.5ce5b00e@posting.google.com...
> Hello All
>
> I am running Windows 2003 Server and SQL 2K. I would like to configure
> SMTP services on my Windows 2003 Server so I can send and receive
> emails from you server. I do not have a MS Exchange server I want some
> tasks on my Windows Server to be able to send out emails and be able
> to receive emails.
>
> Please guide me how I can set up SMTP service on my Windows 2003
> server. I have already started the default SMTP Service. Also I have a
> domain on the SMTP server and a alias for the domain. My server is
> testserv and my domain is mycompany.com .
>
> I tried configuring outlook 2000 to point to my above server to send
> and recieve emails but it seems not to work.
>
> Please advise I am a newbie to SMTP.
>
> Thanks
> Belinda

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