Microsoft KB Archive/261175

= How to Configure Direct Mail with Membership Directory =

Article ID: 261175

Article Last Modified on 7/20/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q261175



SUMMARY
You can use Direct Mail to send static or personalized e-mail messages to members of your community. Configuring Direct Mail to work with the Membership Directory differs slightly from a Microsoft Windows NT Authentication directory. This article describes how to configure Direct Mail to work with the Membership Directory.

NOTE: This article assumes the following conditions:
 * You have a clean installation of Site Server.
 * You created a complete Membership Authentication instance.
 * Your Membership Authentication instance is mapped to your default Web site.
 * You have the SMTP service configured properly. To test the SMTP service, try to send an e-mail message with Microsoft Outlook Express.



MORE INFORMATION
To configure Direct Mail with a Membership Directory, perform the following steps:
 * 1) Configure the Membership Directory Manager to connect to your membership instance. When you are prompted to log on, choose Logon Using and specify the Administrator user name and password.
 * 2) Open the Membership Directory Manager, and change the password for MBSDMx_computername to password, or any password that you can remember.
 * 3) Verify that the MBSDMx_computername account is a member of the Site Server Direct Mail Administrators NT group.
 * 4) In User Manager, verify that the MBSDM0_computername account is a member of the Local Administrators Group.
 * 5) In the Direct Mail property sheet, change the password for MBSDMx_computername to the new password that you created in step 2. Click Check Password, and you should receive the message: &quot;The password is valid.&quot;
 * 6) Create a static HTML page, named &quot;HelloWorld.htm&quot; for instance. In Windows NT Explorer, verify that the NTFS permissions on HelloWorld.htm include Read access for Everyone.
 * 7) In Microsoft Management Console (MMC), verify that only the Allow Anonymous check box is selected on the HelloWorld.htm file.
 * 8) Open the Direct Mail tool, and create a package. If you can't authenticate (the credentials used are not valid), change the user name and password for Message Builder and List Builder/Task Scheduler to MBSDMx_computername and the password from step 2.
 * 9) Send the new package.