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Mail Transfer

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SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the mechanism for trans- ferring

e-mail. Smaller companies or individuals having single Internet accounts usually

use their ISP’s SMTP server to send mail. However, for medium to large

organizations having dedicated connec- tion to the Internet, this solution is

not sufficient. For them, a dedicated SMTP server is needed that can take mail

from all e-mail clients in the company and then forward them. Windows 2000

Server and Professional come with an SMTP server, which is quite easy to

configure.

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To install the SMTP Services in Windows 2000, Go to Control

Panel>Add/Remove Programs> Add/Remove Windows Components. This pops up the

Windows Components window. Here, select Internet Information Services and click

the Details button. From the list that follows, click the check box next to SMTP

services. You’ll need your Windows 2000 CD



after this.

To configure SMTP services, run Internet Services Manager from

Start>Programs> Administrative Tools. Select your server name’s icon

from the left-hand pane and click on the + sign next to it to expand and see the

remaining options. You should find an SMTP Server entry here. Right-click it and

select Properties. Click on the General tab and enter a name and IP address of

your SMTP server.

Now click on Connections, and under incoming select the check box Limit

Connection to. You can set the maximum number of incoming connections allowed by

the SMTP server. The default value here is 1,000. In the Time-out Text box, type

the maximum number of minutes for an incoming connection, post which the server

will close the connection.

Likewise set the values under Outgoing. The default value again for Outgoing

connections is 1,000. You can change these defaults to suit your requirement, as

well as customize other settings.

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