The following are required to perform the procedures for this task:
SharePoint Server 2010.
One or more servers in the server farm must be running the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service and have a valid SMTP server address. Alternatively, you must know the name of a server outside the farm that is running the SMTP service.
If you have not installed and configured the SMTP service, you must perform the following procedures before you configure outgoing e-mail:
Install and configure the SMTP service.
Install and configure the SMTP service
Before you can enable outgoing e-mail, you must determine which SMTP server to use. This SMTP server must be configured to allow anonymous SMTP e-mail submissions. The SMTP server can be a server in the farm or outside the farm.
If your organization does not allow anonymous SMTP e-mail messages to be sent by using Microsoft Exchange Server, you can use a local SMTP server in the SharePoint farm that accepts anonymous e-mail messages. The local SMTP server automatically authenticates the messages and then forwards them to the Exchange Server computer.
Install the SMTP service
To install the SMTP service, use the Add Features Wizard in Server Manager. After the wizard finishes, a default SMTP configuration has been created. You can customize this default SMTP configuration to meet the requirements of your organization.
If you already have the SMTP service installed on a server, you can skip the following procedure.
Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer is required to complete this procedure.
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
2. In Server Manager, click Features.
3. In Features Summary, click Add Features to open the Add Features Wizard.
4. On the Select Features page, select SMTP Server.
5. In the Add Features Wizard dialog box, click Add Required Features, and then click Next.
6. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
7. On the Installation Results page, ensure that the installation is complete, and then click Close.
Configure the SMTP service
After you install the SMTP service, you must configure the service to accept e-mail messages from servers in the farm.
You can decide to accept relayed e-mail messages from all servers except those that you specifically exclude. Alternatively, you can block messages from all servers except those that you specifically include. You can include servers individually or in groups by subnet or domain.
If you enable anonymous access and relayed e-mail messages, you increase the possibility that the SMTP server will be used to relay unsolicited commercial e-mail messages (spam). It is important to limit this possibility by carefully configuring mail servers to help protect against spam. One way that you
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can do this is by limiting relayed e-mail messages to a list of specific servers or to a domain, and by preventing relayed e-mail messages from all other servers.
To manage the SMTP service on Windows Server 2008, you must use Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager. Ensure that you install IIS 6.0 Management tools in Server Manager.
Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer is required to complete this procedure.
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
2. In Server Manager, click Roles.
3. In the Role Services section, click Add Role Services.
4. On the Select Role Services page, select Management Tools and IIS 6 Management compatibility, and then click Install.
Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer is required to complete this procedure.
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager.
2. In IIS Manager, expand the server name that contains the SMTP server that you want to configure.
3. Right-click the SMTP virtual server that you want to configure, and then click Start.
4. Right-click the SMTP virtual server that you want to configure, and then click Properties.
5. On the Access tab, in the Access control area, click Authentication.
6. In the Authentication dialog box, verify that Anonymous access is selected.
7. Click OK.
8. On the Access tab, in the Relay restrictions area, click Relay.
9. To enable relayed e-mail messages from any server, click All except the list below.
10. To accept relayed e-mail messages from one or more specific servers, follow these steps:
a. Click Only the list below.
b. Click Add, and then add servers one at a time by IP address, or in groups by using a subnet or domain.
c. Click OK to close the Computer dialog box.
11. Click OK to close the Relay Restrictions dialog box.
12. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
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Ensure that the SMTP service is running and set to start automatically. To do this, use the following procedure.
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
2. In Services, right-click Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and then select Properties.
3. In the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Properties dialog box, on the General tab, in the Startup type list, select Automatic.
4. Click OK.