IIS 6 SMTP how to test email is sending

Question

My server(Windows Server 2003) is running IIS 6. It does not seem to be sending any emails. How can I go about trying to find the fault?

Solution 1

the fault can be in several places: Test with telnet to see if you can manually send email from the same machine - if you can't, the issue isn't with the mail server

Solution 2

I would suggest using SMTPDiag

I'd give you a link on how to use it, but new users are only allowed one link. So Google "using smtpdiag" and choose the first link.

Comments

[Admin]

I am sending a email to an external account and it is not getting through. The last message I get in telnet is: Queued mail for delivery

[David Corsalini]

I see, so it gets queued, but doesn't reach the account. Sounds like it's being trashed or goes into spam. Do you have the sending server set up properly - MX records, RDNS records, no RBL listings?

[cederlof]

Guide: vsysad.com/2012/05/testing-smtp-server-on-server-2008-r2