Microsoft KB Archive/198022

= Using the Windows NT Option Pack SMTP Pickup Directory =

Article ID: 198022

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q198022



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



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.

