Configuring Windows SMTP

Installing the SMTP server

Open Server Manager and add SMTP Server role:

Open IIS 6.0 Manager and configure SMTP server:

Open Delivery tab, click Advanced and set Smart host. For Gmail it is smtp.gmail.com:

Click Outbound connections and set the outbound TCP port to 587:

Click Outbound Security, select Basic Authentication and fill in the user name and password fields. Enable TLS Encryption.

Go to Access tab -> Connection and add 127.0.0.1 IP to the list of allowed computers.

Go to Access tab -> Relay and add 127.0.0.1 IP to the list of allowed computers:

Make your SMTP server start on boot

Press Win+X to open the Command Prompt, then press the A key and run the following commands:

powershell

set-service smtpsvc -StartupType Automatic