IIS and SMTP - NNTP/SMTP Virtual Servers

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NNTP/SMTP Virtual Servers

Chuck Wilson

2004-02-17, 12:34 pm

>-----Original Message-----
>Folks:
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>After launching IIS 6.0 on a Windows 2003 Server platform
I notice two
>nodes:
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> * Default SMTP Virtual Server
> * Default NNTP Virtual Server
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>Could some one tell me what these these 2 nodes are used
for ?

One is for providing SMTP (simple mail) services and the
other is for newsgroup services.

>Is Microsoft Exchange Server needed to work with these 2
nodes ?

No.

>Is it for people who use their servers to run newsgroups ?
>

The NNTP service is.

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>Thanks in advance
>John.
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