Using the Windows NT Option Pack SMTP Pickup Directory

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack

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:

Q186204 : Use CDONTS to Collect and Mail Information From a User

Q193685 : Sending E-mail from a Command Prompt Using IIS SMTP Service

Additional query words: NTOP CDONTS

Keywords :
Version : WINNT:
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo