free smtp server for vista

[Andy Fish]

Hi,

I have an application which generates and send emails by SMTP. I need to be
able to demonstrate this on a standalone PC running vista.

on XP, I can simply configure the local SMTP service to catch emails for a
specific domain and put them in a drop folder, in a format which
automatically opens with outlook express. This is great because the
application generates and sends the email by SMTP and then I can just go
into the drop folder to open the mail

vista does not include this SMTP server as standard so i am looking for
something free which does the same thing. I have seen several free SMTP
servers but they are more concerned with forwarding email (presumably for
spam purposes) than catching and storing it

is there any free smtp server that can do what i need?

thanks

Andy

 

[Sanford Whiteman]

I have seen several free SMTP servers but they are more concerned

with forwarding email (presumably for spam purposes) than catching
and storing it

I wouldn't put it that way. We are very lucky with IIS SMTP that it
has (or had) the \Drop folder, a primitive mailbox folder that is
outside the RFC definition of SMTP. If you were building an SMTP
server, you wouldn't be under any obligation to provide any mailbox
functionality.

To your question, I would recommend that you pursue not a free SMTP
server, but a free SMTP/POP3 suite. Many respected vendors have a free
"lite" edition for a low user count. SmarterMail is one. It's not my
fave suite, but it's solid.

--Sandy