How to start SMTP virtualhost [SMTP Virtual Server #1] through powershell or command prompt

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Actual working answer is here:

([ADSI]'IIS://LOCALHOST/SMTPSVC/1').Start()
([ADSI]'IIS://LOCALHOST/SMTPSVC/1').Stop()

From: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37432396/3321505

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Elliot Huffman almost 2 years

Because of some error on my server, my SMTP service [SMTP Virtual Server #1] stops. I want to create job which will run periodically to check the SMTP server status, if it is stopped then the script will start it again.

I have used Start-Service "SMTPSVC" but it only starts the UATSERV service and not the [SMTP Virtual Server #1] virtual host (please have a look of the attached image).

How do I start the virtual server after the service is started?

My admin team is working on the issue. I wanted to use this temporary solution in the mean time.

Any help is appreciated... :)
- Admin almost 10 years
  
  This doesn't actually work, at least in Windows 2008. It puts a Red X over the SMTP server but telnet tests to port 25 show that its not really working, at least not for me
Admin over 11 years

By Mistake you are entered wrong ServerState for START & STOP the SMTP.
Admin over 11 years

ServerState 2 For START & ServerState 4 for STOP. Thanks Again....
Admin almost 7 years

fyi, this doesn't stop/start the server on windows 2012, it only changes the icon this worked for me: $SMTP=[adsi]"IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1" $SMTP.Stop() or .Start()
Admin over 6 years

This did not work for me on Windows Server 2008R2. As above, the status appears to change in IIS Manager, but the actual status of the service is not affected.