Using the Windows NT Option Pack SMTP Pickup Directory
Article ID: 198022
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack
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SUMMARY
You may need a way to introduce messages through text files onto the
Internet. By creating a file which is in the RFC-822 format within the
Root\Inetpub\Mailroot\Pickup subdirectory, the SMTP Relay Host will pick
up this file, resolve its destination e-mail domain, and deliver the
message.
MORE INFORMATION
To create such files, applications must be able to communicate using
Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server (CDONTS). An example of
CDONTS is using a FrontPage Server Extension in the creation of Web pages
to send the user's input in RFC-822 format to the above mentioned
directory location.
To distribute these files to the appropriate e-mail domains, you must have
the IIS and SMTP selections within the NT Option Pack installed. Once
installed, the SMTP host, using its preconfigured DNS entries for name
resolution, will route any RFC-822 format compliant message placed in the
Pickup folder to the appropriate e-mail domain.
REFERENCES
For further information refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
articles:
186204
: Use CDONTS to Collect and Mail Information From a User
193685
: Sending E-mail from a Command Prompt Using IIS SMTP Service
Additional query words: NTOP CDONTS
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