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Internet Information Services Administration
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Internet Information Services Administration

by Kelli Adam, Lisa Stanley
January 2000
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
5h 8m
English
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How SMTP Works

The SMTP protocol is used to transport and deliver messages. For local delivery, the messages are transferred between remote mail servers and the Drop directory on the Internet Information Services server. For remote delivery, the message is queued and then sent on to the remote server. The diagram in Figure 10.1 illustrates the process:

Figure 10.1. The Microsoft SMTP services process and sort messages based on a local versus remote delivery address.

The SMTP service breaks down into two different components, or nodes. These nodes are listed on the left pane in the IIS snap-in underneath the SMTP virtual server. The following ...

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