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OT Computer Question - Setting Up IIS / Local SMTP Service

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FirmamentFX

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Hi guys,

I hope someone can help me with this.

I am trying to set up a local SMTP service to send and receive email on localhost.

Sounds bizaare I know (sending email to yourself), but I have a lot of spplications which have the ability to send logs and status / error messages to an email address, and I would like to get them into my local inbox.

I'm not running on a network, just a single PC called "FIRMAMENTFX" (or "localhost" :) ) running IIS (with the default SMTP local service) on XP Pro SP2.

Many thanks,

Martin
 
Hi Martin,

FirmamentFX said:
I'm not running on a network
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...but is the machine connected to the internet?

Do you want the SMTP service to forward the mails to your real mail account somewhere? Is the machine constantly online while running?

For local SMTP solutions you can find dozens of free servers. Most of them work well. Just a random example.
 
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Hi Martin,

No the machine is not on the internet at all (well, unless a product activation really really requires it, in which case I plug my wireless adapter in).

Ideally, I want messages simply sent to something like administrator@localhost. I don't need it forwarded to my real email address at all.

Cheers,

Martin
 
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