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Getting CDONTS to work on Windows Server 2008 x64 by steve schofield

A few questions come up in the forums @ http://forums.iis.net about people moving Classic ASP applications that use CDONTS. CDONTS was introduced in NT4 and was widely popular. With the success of ASP applications 'back in the day', many used CDONTS to...
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Vista and an SMTP Server on port 25 or 587 by steve schofield

I was answering a post in the newsgroups about a developer wanting to run IIS SMTP on Vista. This feature is NOT included in Vista. The person was frustrated they couldn't test their email code. This post is meant to provide a couple examples tested on...
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Another free email / SMTP program by steve schofield

I found this in the newgroups. People are always looking for good POP3 / SMTP programs. http://pmail.com/downloads.htm (Mercury Mail)
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Want to troubleshoot your email created on Windows using the SMTP Service? Turn the Service off by steve schofield

I was working with a co-worker the other day trying to see what our emails looked like when they were sent from a webpage. We had some formatting issues and wanted to see the actual message on the server right after it was generated. The problem, we couldn't...
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Misc IIS links with great info by steve schofield

I was looking for some IIS related information and ran across some 'great' links. I wanted to post them for future reference. Sample scripts for managing Web sites on Internet Information Server 6.0. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter...
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Want help with IIS SMTP Service? Please enable logging. by steve schofield

When you trying to troubleshoot SMTP delivery issues and using Microsoft IIS SMTP Service. One tip, the logging is not enabled by default. I'm not sure why, but it can provide a ton of great information. Pictures are worth a thousands words. It can...
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IIS SMTP links by steve schofield

Here are some SMTP links I found that could be helpful. SMTP Queue Backup Occurs Due to Delivery Threads Attempting to Connect to Unavailable Hosts http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264891 SMTP Service Design http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b8aafeb4...
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System.Web.Mail and PDF getting corrupted workaround by steve schofield

I was troubleshooting an issue where I was sending an email using .NET 1.1 and attaching PDF files. The PDF files where getting an error when trying to open the attachment. Here is what was displayed in Adobe reader. "There was an error processing...
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IIS7 - post #23 - Vista and SMTP server. Where is it? by steve schofield

Where is my SMTP server on Vista? I'm not sure why more developers haven't asked this question. Simple, it is not included - http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/09/18/IIS7-_2D00_-Vista-vs.-Longhorn-Server.aspx Here are a couple I've used on Vista...
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SMTPDiag - troubleshooting email issues by steve schofield

SMTPDiag is a handy tool for tracking down SMTP based issues. I recently used in a newsgroup posting that was helpful along with a few other times at http://www.orcsweb.com . It is definitely one of those tools worth having if you have to troubleshoot...
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