Win 2000 SMTP
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I am using the SMTP server that comes with Windows 2000's IIS pack. But I find it pathetic at times. Sometimes when the attachments are huge, it rejects them. Sometimes I manage to send them after zipping. The file size does not matter. It might send a 5 MB attachment without hassles but will then reject a 2 MB attachment. I believe certain kinds of files actually manage to crash the thread. What would be an alternatice SMTP choice for me? Free ones preferred! Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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I am using the SMTP server that comes with Windows 2000's IIS pack. But I find it pathetic at times. Sometimes when the attachments are huge, it rejects them. Sometimes I manage to send them after zipping. The file size does not matter. It might send a 5 MB attachment without hassles but will then reject a 2 MB attachment. I believe certain kinds of files actually manage to crash the thread. What would be an alternatice SMTP choice for me? Free ones preferred! Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
You have got all the latest service packs? Why don't you use your ISP's SMTP server? Have you looked at http://www.tucows.com. Do a search for SMTP server, it might have something you can use. You could always try Exchange 2000 :-D Michael :-)
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I am using the SMTP server that comes with Windows 2000's IIS pack. But I find it pathetic at times. Sometimes when the attachments are huge, it rejects them. Sometimes I manage to send them after zipping. The file size does not matter. It might send a 5 MB attachment without hassles but will then reject a 2 MB attachment. I believe certain kinds of files actually manage to crash the thread. What would be an alternatice SMTP choice for me? Free ones preferred! Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
I had the same problem. I spent weeks playing with various other servers and decided that XMail was probobly best. You can download it at: http://www.xmailserver.org The server is a little fiddly to setup the basics but it doe's everything i can think off. Hint: download the additional GUI based admin tools they make basic admin much easier.
Gavin Taylor w: http://www.gavintaylor.co.uk
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I had the same problem. I spent weeks playing with various other servers and decided that XMail was probobly best. You can download it at: http://www.xmailserver.org The server is a little fiddly to setup the basics but it doe's everything i can think off. Hint: download the additional GUI based admin tools they make basic admin much easier.
Gavin Taylor w: http://www.gavintaylor.co.uk
Thanks Gavin Jus downloaded it. Pretty complicated though. I'll try it out later. Thanks. Now to download those GUI tools. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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You have got all the latest service packs? Why don't you use your ISP's SMTP server? Have you looked at http://www.tucows.com. Do a search for SMTP server, it might have something you can use. You could always try Exchange 2000 :-D Michael :-)
Michael P Butler wrote: Why don't you use your ISP's SMTP server? It wont relay :-( Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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I am using the SMTP server that comes with Windows 2000's IIS pack. But I find it pathetic at times. Sometimes when the attachments are huge, it rejects them. Sometimes I manage to send them after zipping. The file size does not matter. It might send a 5 MB attachment without hassles but will then reject a 2 MB attachment. I believe certain kinds of files actually manage to crash the thread. What would be an alternatice SMTP choice for me? Free ones preferred! Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
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You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
Jon Sagara wrote: You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. It's not a size related problem. I can send a 5 MB file with no problems. But sometimes a 2 MB file might not go through. If it is a size problem I'd have got some message like, "The smtp server has rejected the message or something" Here, my error is something like the "smtp server has stopped responding" or something like that Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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Jon Sagara wrote: You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. It's not a size related problem. I can send a 5 MB file with no problems. But sometimes a 2 MB file might not go through. If it is a size problem I'd have got some message like, "The smtp server has rejected the message or something" Here, my error is something like the "smtp server has stopped responding" or something like that Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
Weird. I've never had a problem with it. Did it just start happening, or has it always done that? Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
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You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
Jon Sagara wrote: You can turn off the size restriction, or you can just increase it. :-O :-O :-O :-O :-O Just found that my limit was 2 MB. Now I wonder how I mailed that mp3 across the lan! :confused: Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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Weird. I've never had a problem with it. Did it just start happening, or has it always done that? Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
Jon Sagara wrote: Weird. I've never had a problem with it. Did it just start happening, or has it always done that? I just discovered my size limit per mail was 2 MB and per session was 10MB. But I distinctly remember mailing 5+ MB mp3 files across our local intranet!!! Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org