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From: Jonathon on 11 Mar 2010 10:39 Hello, Can anyone tell me how to set IIS up as a backup mx server, I want it to capture all emails for my domains if my primary mail server is unavailable and then forward them on once it comes back online. I'm fine setting up the DNS I'm just not sure about how I could set up IIS to do this. Many thanks, Jonathon
From: John Elliot on 11 Mar 2010 12:57 Jonathon, You cannot use IIS to accept emails. It is a web server. If you are looking for a free web based SMTP server, check SMTP Gateway at http://xeams.com Regards, JE. On 3/11/2010 10:39 AM, Jonathon wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me how to set IIS up as a backup mx server, I want it to > capture all emails for my domains if my primary mail server is unavailable > and then forward them on once it comes back online. > > I'm fine setting up the DNS I'm just not sure about how I could set up IIS > to do this. > > Many thanks, > Jonathon
From: Chris M on 11 Mar 2010 14:34
On 11/03/2010 17:57, John Elliot wrote: > Jonathon, > > You cannot use IIS to accept emails. It is a web server. If you are > looking for a free web based SMTP server, check SMTP Gateway at > http://xeams.com Er, yes you can John, and it has been possible since at least Windows 2000 up to XP and Server 2008 IIS5 (Windows 2000), 5.1 (XP), 6.0 (Server 2003) and 7 (Server 2008 only) include an SMTP service as part of IIS. Vista and Windows 7 include IIS7 but don't have the SMTP service. In this case you will need to use a 3rd party solution. Jonathon, very simply, configure the backup MX address in your public DNS namespace to point at the public IP that your SMTP server will listen on. Set up a new SMTP virtual server, configure the address that it will listen on, the domain name that it will handle and that's basically it. Incoming email for your domain(s) will land in the drop folders. If you want the same server to handle multiple domains you can specify this too, and also have separate drop folders for each domain. Don't forget to secure the service against anonymous relaying. Getting the email from the drop folder into your email client is left as an excercise for the reader :-) -- Chris. > On 3/11/2010 10:39 AM, Jonathon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone tell me how to set IIS up as a backup mx server, I want it to >> capture all emails for my domains if my primary mail server is >> unavailable >> and then forward them on once it comes back online. >> >> I'm fine setting up the DNS I'm just not sure about how I could set up >> IIS >> to do this. >> >> Many thanks, >> Jonathon > |