Erecting a small mail server with Windows Server 2003

server|window| Server | Mail server Many enterprises in the intranet have set up a mail server for the delivery of official documents and work exchanges. But the use of Professional enterprise mail system software requires a lot of capital investment, which is unbearable for many enterprises. We can actually set up a small mail server to meet our needs through the POP3 service and SMTP service provided by Windows Server 2003.

First, install POP3 and SMTP service components

Windows Server 2003 does not have the POP3 and SMTP service components installed by default, so we want to add them manually.

1. Install POP3 Service Components

Log on to the Windows Server 2003 system as a system administrator. Go to control Panel → add or Remove Programs → add/Remove Windows components, select the E-mail Service option in the Windows Components Wizard dialog box, and click the "Details" button. You can see that this option includes two parts: the POP3 service and the POP3 Service Web management. To facilitate user management of mail servers remotely, it is recommended that POP3 Service Web management be selected.

2. Install SMTP Service Components

Select the Application Server option, click the "Details" button, and then view the details in the Internet Information Services iis option, select the SMTP service option, and then click the "OK" button. Also, if users need remote Web administration for the mail server, be sure to select the remote Management (HTML) component in the World Wide Web service. When you have completed the above settings, click the "Next" button and the system begins to install the Configure POP3 and SMTP service.

Second, configure the POP3 server

Click the "start → admin tools →pop3 service" to eject the POP3 Service Console window. After selecting the POP3 service in the left column, click on the "new field" in the right column, pop-up the "Add Field" dialog box, and then in the "Domain Name" field, enter the name of the mail server, that is, the email address "@" after the section, such as "rtj.net", and finally click "OK" button. where "rtj.net" is the domain name registered on the Internet, and the domain name is set up in the DNS server for an MX mail exchange record to resolve to the Windows Server 2003 mail server IP address.

2. Create user mailboxes

Select the newly created "Rtj.net" field, click "Add Mailbox" in the right column, pop-up Add Mailbox dialog box, enter the mail username in the "Mailbox name" field, then set the user password, then click "OK" button to complete the creation of the mailbox.

Third, configure the SMTP server

Once you have completed the configuration of the POP3 server, you can start configuring the SMTP server. Click "Start → program → management tools →internet Information Service iis Manager", right-click the Default SMTP virtual server option in the IIS Manager window, select Properties in the pop-up menu, go to the Default SMTP virtual server window, and switch to the General tab , select the IP address of the mail server in the IP Address drop-down list box. Click on the "OK" button so that a Simple mail server is completed.

When the above settings are complete, users can use the mail client software to connect to the mail server to send and receive mail. When you set the SMTP and POP3 server addresses for your mail client software, enter the domain name "rtj.net" for your mail server.

Four, remote Web management

Windows Server 2003 also supports remote Web administration for mail servers. In the remote client, run IE browser, enter "https//Server IP address 8098" in the Address bar, will pop up the connection dialog box, enter the administrator username and password, click "OK" button, you can login to the Web admin interface.