>> From: "Heckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> The one time I got it to work I did this.
1. try to start the default smtp site in iis (didn't work)
2. shut down the Imail smtp service in services (worked)
3. started the default smtp site in iis (worked)
...
I think we need to tell the front page mail setting in the extensions to
look at the imail smtp server, instead of the default smtp site <<
First and foremost: FrontPage is not at all tied into the IIS SMTP server.
You can, but don't have to, use MS SMTP! Your configuration decides how the
mail is sent.
The FrontPage Extensions have a field where you specify a VALID SMTP server
name - if you point it to Imail on the SAME or DIFFERENT server - that will
work. If you point it to the same or different server using IIS SMPT (and
IF it is set up correctly to ROUTE for web server's IP address) then that
will work just as well. If you specify "localhost" - then you better make
sure that:
a) your LOCAL web server DOES have SOME SMTP service up and running
b) THAT SMTP service is set up to monitor address 127.0.0.1 (= localhost)
c) THAT SMTP service is set up to ROUTE mail that it receives at 127.0.0.1!
So, why are people having problems?
Usually because they try to run IIS SMTP and IMail on the SAME machine
concurrently. Now THAT is a big no-no, unless you set it up properly.
IMail can NOT be configured to bind only to selected IP addresses - so it
will bind to ALL IP addresses that your network cards are configured for -
whether they appear in IMails own list of IP addresses or NOT!
People also sometimes assume that "localhost" implies anything to the
various software packages - it usually does NOT. "localhost" is just a
standard host name that is by convention always associated with address
127.0.0.1 - the "loopback adapter". It is okay to use "localhost", but you
have to make sure that your various applications (e.g. Imail, IIS SMTP, etc)
are including 127.0.0.1 in the various configuration/security panels (e.g.,
in the context of SMTP: authorized hosts, relaying emails, etc.)
If you want/need to run IIS SMTP and Imail on the same machine, you have to
configure the MS SMTP to monitor a DIFFERENT incoming port than the normal
port 25 (e.g., use 2525, or 26, etc). This way, all inbound mail will be
processed by Imail, while outbound mail can be processed by EITHER server.
This combination is REQUIRED, if you are trying to use the CDO/NTS objects
to send mail from your .ASP pages.
(Oh YES, and would IPSWITCH please add this to the FAQ document?)
Best Regards
Andy Schmidt
Argos Networks
600 East Crescent Avenue
Suite 203
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846
Phone: +1 201 934-9411 x20 (Business)
Fax: +1 201 934-9206
http://www.ArgosWeb.net/
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