Free light OUTBOUND SMTP program for Windows servers

smtpwindows-server-2008

anyone know of any free SMTP outbound only servers / service for a windows server 2008 machine? I've got some web pages that send out emails (around 300 a day).

I don't want any inbound stuff / mail boxes, bad mail, etc.

just outbound and any failed messages can go into a log file or something.

anyone have any suggestions?

I'm not sure if the iis smtp service is sufficient.

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Use the built-in SMTP server, you can't get lighter than that, especially if IIS is already running. I'm not sure what you mean by sufficient - as you say, your requirements are minimal.

You don't need to accept mail from anything other than the local machine. Be careful that your web pages can't be used to relay mail, but that issue is independent of your choice of SMTP server.

As for badmail, retries etc, anyone else got some configuration ideas? I would try to minimize the number of retries, and either send badmail to NULL somehow, or schedule a script to clean out the directory periodically.

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Windows – IIS SMTP Service Routing Outbound Mail

Yes, the SMTP service in IIS is capable of full end-to-end delivery. In order for it to function this way, the following requirements must be met:

The server needs to be on a routable IP address (ie not an IP address in one of the reserved private ranges)
The DNS settings on the server need to be configured properly so it can resolve MX records of the recipient domains properly
You need to clear out the "smart host" setting. Find this by right-clicking on the SMTP server in the IIS Admin console, select Properties, select the "Delivery" tab, click the "Advanced" button, and you will see the space for entering a smart host.

SMTP Server Needs Daily Restart – Windows Server 2008

As a workaround, create a batch file and enter the following:

@echo off
net stop smtpsvc
net start smtpsvc

Then create a scheduled task to run it once a day or however often you deem necessary.

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