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Jonathan
Asked: 2011-06-24 13:26:29 +0800 CST

Setting up SMTP to receive mail

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Thanks to a post on StackOverflow, I was keen to discover that I can set up SMTP in IIS6 to receive mail on my Windows 2008 server. However, I'm having a bit of difficulty as my test email results in a 'Delivery Status Notification - 5.3.5' error.

I've done some Googling and I understand this means a loop is present and that I should check my SMTP domains in IIS. I've apparently got to have 1 Local (Default) domain, which is currently set to my server name, and I've then added my domain (mail.mydomain.com) as 'Remote'. Is this correct?

Thank you in advance.

windows-server-2008 smtp iis

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  1. Best Answer

    The option you want is an Alias domain. An Alias domain is an alias for the local domain. Once you set up the Alias domain you can send email to a user at the Alias domain and SMTP will accept the email (presuming that the email gets there).

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