Chapter 10. IIS SMTP Service and NNTP Service

In internet information service, mail delivery, a very common component of Internet sites, is implemented through the use of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Within the Internet Information Services snap-in (to the Microsoft Management Console), you have the ability to configure your hardware for sending and receiving messages over the Internet as well as customizing the service to meet your individual security and delivery requirements. The Microsoft SMTP service is designed with scalability, reliability, and performance as priorities, and it can support thousands of users on a single server.

The Microsoft SMTP service is installed by default during the installation of Internet Information ...

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