7.10.1 Executing the SMTP virtual server
To execute the SMTP virtual server with Microsoft Internet Information Services:
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Start the Internet Information Services 6.0 manager.
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Expand the asset management server, and then select the default SMTP virtual server.
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From the Action menu, select Start.
The status of the default SMTP virtual server is set to Running.
- Notes on the use of SMTP authentication
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Email sent by the asset management system is registered temporarily in the Microsoft Internet Information Services SMTP virtual server. Then the SMTP virtual server performs an SMTP relay to forward it to the mail server of the destination email account.
The Microsoft Internet Information Services SMTP virtual server does not support SMTP authentication (SMTP AUTH). Therefore, on the SMTP server side that first forwarded the email from Microsoft Internet Information Services SMTP virtual server, set SMTP AUTH to invalid for the asset management server PC.
Also, if the environment is set so that the asset management system's SMTP virtual server can connect directly to an external network, the SMTP virtual server can be used as an open relay SMTP server.
To ensure that it is not used as an open relay SMTP server, go to the properties of the default SMTP virtual server, and on the connection control settings of the Access tab, select Only the list below. Do not specify anything in the list.
Note also that open relay SMTP server refers to the SMTP server used as the source of various types of annoying email known as spam mail, regardless of its locator's will.