Microsoft KB Archive/240917

= XIMS: Relocating the Directories Used by SMTP Service =

Article ID: 240917

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack

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This article was previously published under Q240917



SUMMARY
You may want to change the location of the directories that are used by the Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack SMTP mail service. This article provides a procedure to make that change.



MORE INFORMATION
Make sure that you stop the SMTP service before you perform this procedure. To change the location of the directories, duplicate the mail service structure on the drive or location that you want to use, and then modify the metabase by running the following command line entries:
 * adsutil.vbs set smtpsvc/1/dropdirectory " :\inetpub\mailroot\drop"
 * adsutil.vbs set smtpsvc/1badmaildirectory " :\inetpub\mailroot\badmail"
 * adsutil.vbs set pickupdirectory " :\inetpub\mailroot\pickup"
 * adsutil.vbs set queuedirectory " :\inetpub\mailroot\queue"

After you perform this procedure, the existing directories are moved to a new location. Messages that are queued are processed when you restart the SMTP service.

Additional query words: smtpsvc

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