Hi all
My intranet aspx application, needs to send email notifications.
I understand there are 2 options for servicing emails in this case:
1) iis smtp service.
2)proprietary email relay server like the company's exchange server.

I need to serve only a dozen intranet users.
I am not sure what is the advantage of using iis smtp service over the
exchangr server here?
One advantage is that it should be well synchronized with my application
as both are iis related (both applications should be available at the same
time
where the exchange server mite not work at times my application will).

But i got cold feet after reviewing some of the troubled messages here
regarding
iis-smtp...

Do you know a good refernce for administrating the iis smtp service?

Thanks alot
Rea

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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:30:29 +0200, "Rea Peleg"
<reapeleg@barak-online.net> wrote:

>Hi all
>My intranet aspx application, needs to send email notifications.
>I understand there are 2 options for servicing emails in this case:
>1) iis smtp service.
>2)proprietary email relay server like the company's exchange server.
>
>I need to serve only a dozen intranet users.
>I am not sure what is the advantage of using iis smtp service over the
>exchangr server here?

If your Exchange server is broken and IIS isn't then you would.  

Basically, there's no overwhelming reason to use one or the other.
Using a single system, such as your Exchange server, centralizes
control.  Using the SMTP service on your web server offloads its
messaging from Exchange.

>One advantage is that it should be well synchronized with my application
>as both are iis related (both applications should be available at the same
>time
>where the exchange server mite not work at times my application will).

The solution to that is ensuring Exchange always works.  Likely,
Exchange is more critical to your business anyway.

>But i got cold feet after reviewing some of the troubled messages here
>regarding
>iis-smtp...

Don't look in the Exchange groups then.  

You still use the internet right?  Even after all the "My homepage got
hijacked" messages that appear everywhere?  Same deal with SMTP, it
doesn't have any problems that aren't created by the admin.

>Do you know a good refernce for administrating the iis smtp service?

Try:

Server 2003 Docs:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...-us/default.asp

IIS6 Docs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...is/default.mspx

And ask us when you hit a snag.

Jeff

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