SMTP missing in IIS Manager

_{Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:51 PM}

I apologise if this topic is well worn but I couldn't find it in the forum.

I'm attempting to setup an SMTP service on IIS 7. I'm following this guide: http://www.iis.net/learn/application-frameworks/install-and-configure-php-on-iis/configure-smtp-e-mail-in-iis-7-and-above.

I've successfully installed the SMTP service and I've been able to verify the service is running. I've also gone into the IIS 6.0 manager (weird) and verified that the SMTP Virtual Server (default no.1) is running.

I'm not able to complete the "Configure SMTP E-Mail for web applications" section of the guide though because I can't find the SMTP E-Mail icon in IIS Manager (i.e. the version 7 manager). I've tried restarting all the services a few times but this hasn't helped and I'm now out of intelligent ideas.

Can someone help me please? I've searched the documentation to no avail: it seems there is a lot of frustration with SMTP in IIS 7!

Thanks in advance

Dan... 

_{Monday, August 26, 2013 7:44 AM ✅Answered}

Do you have any of the ASP.NET configuration icons in IIS Manager? If not, you will need to ensure that the ASP.Net features are enabled. You could also try resetting IIS Manager. To do this, open a command prompt and change to the c:\windows\system32\inetsvr directory. Run inetmgr.exe /reset from this location.

_{Monday, August 26, 2013 10:29 PM ✅Answered}

Hi,

In IIS 6 Manager try right-clicking on SMTP Server and select Properties to configure smtp. For more detailed informatin, you can refer here

http://www.vsysad.com/2012/04/setup-and-configure-smtp-server-on-windows-server-2008-r2/

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8196/Config-the-Server-SMTP-IIS-to-send-Mail

Hope it can help you.

_{Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:05 PM}

Open IIS Manager. The SMTP E-Mail icon should be located at the server level rather than at the website level. It is in the ASP.Net configuration section.

_{Monday, August 26, 2013 3:47 AM}

Thanks Terri.

There is no SMTP E-mail icon at either the server level or the website level.

Using the configuration editor I have been able to find some references to SMTP server but they don't quite match what I was expecting the guide. I've played around with these settings but I'm unable to get my PHP script to successfully send an email. The fact that the icon is missing makes me think something has gone wrong in the installation process but I've repeated this process this morning and there is no difference :(