Vista IIS instance does not have SMTP (Solutions?)

Question

I am currently working on a project using classic ASP. My development machine is Vista Enterprise. Although Vista allows you to have multiple websites (without going around the workaround in XP), it has removed the SMTP service from IIS.

Is there a standard workaround for this problem?

As more and more web developers in my company get new machines, I am concerned that this problem will become a big annoyance. (I'm currently the only web developer using Vista)

Answer 1

I found the best deal for serverfault. This thread describes it in detail.

http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/ A good tool.

Answer 2

You have two ways to work around the problem. You can forward all mail to your company's SMTP server. This often means that your development machines use a different configuration (remote SMTP and local), so I find this less desirable.

You can also install another SMTP server on your development computer. One option is the free Mercury Mail Transport System creator of Pegasus mail service.

Answer 3

This is very similar to " What is a good mail server for development?

I tried 3 things:

• sendmail from the SUA community repository created using SASL (AUTH) and OpenSSL (SSL / TLS) for Interx / SFU / SUA. This works well, but it’s rather slow to start a session for some reason. And, of course, this sendmail is as opaque as humanly possible. (Services for UNIX 3.5 and subsystems for Unix applications also come with an old version of sendmail that does not have AUTH and ssl.)
• Mercury Mail Server The setup and management feel dumb and dated by me.
• hMailServer . Very smooth. Quick setup and intuitive setup. I like it.

Answer 4

Take a look at Papercut . It works great for my development environment on Windows 7.

Description of Papercut from CodePlex:

Papercut is a simplified SMTP server designed only for receiving messages (do not send them) with a graphical interface on top of it, which allows you to see which it receives. It does not provide any restrictions on addresses, it just takes the message and allows you to see it. It is only active while it is running, and if you want it in the background, just bring it to the system tray. When he receives a new message, a balloon message will appear to let you know.

Answer 5

I use the built-in settings for SMTP mail to send email messages to the directory, as shown in this post: How can I use the local SMTP server when developing in Windows 7?