Joy, At least two other people have already answered this question in your other thread. Windows 7 does come with SMTP server, but it is not installed by default. You'll have to install it from add/remove Windows Features. You also need IIS6 Management Console to manage SMTP.
-Carl V. On 8/13/2013 7:36 AM, Joy Paulose wrote: > Does windows 7 include SMTP server? I came across some notes on windows > discussion forum that said windows 7 does not include SMTP Mail server. But > after the installation of IIS 7.5 from the components and features it does > shows SMTP mail server icon on IIS Manager. Microsoft does not have enough > documentation about this though. > > I am talking about Windows 7 Professional on local environment. This is a > stand along machine just for development purposes. I have ColdFusion 9 > installed and working just perfect on IIS 7.5. I am trying to connect to SMTP > server for CFMAIL to work. > > Thanks > Joy > Developer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm