How to: Install and Configure SMTP Virtual Servers in IIS 6.0

In order to send e-mail from an ASP.NET Web application, you must have the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service of Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and configured on your server. The IIS SMTP service is a simple component for forwarding e-mail messages to an SMTP server for delivery.

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