Simple SMTP server for Windows to send group e-mail?

Hello

I need a very basic SMTP server for Windows to let a monitoring
application send an e-mail to multiple recipients, ie server =
localhost, e-mail = group@localhost, group = a@isp1.com, b@isp2.com,
etc. That monitoring app can only send messages to a single e-mail
address, and I don't have an e-mail server at home.

All the apps I found were full-fledged SMTP servers. Is there anything
simpler? Thank you.

Re: Simple SMTP server for Windows to send group e-mail?

Vincent Delporte wrote:
> Hello
>
> I need a very basic SMTP server for Windows to let a monitoring
> application send an e-mail to multiple recipients, ie server =
> localhost, e-mail = group@localhost, group = a@isp1.com, b@isp2.com,
> etc. That monitoring app can only send messages to a single e-mail
> address, and I don't have an e-mail server at home.
>
> All the apps I found were full-fledged SMTP servers. Is there anything
> simpler? Thank you.

It is not very clear what you want, but if I understand it correctly:

It is your system at home which runs the monitoring application and
that home system is running Windows and that home system does not have
an e-mail server (because Windows normally doesn't have an e-mail
server). Correct?

If so, you might consider to use the Message Rules facility of Outlook
Express (Tools -> Message Rules) to forward the message to the other
recipients. I.e. the monitoring application sends the message to a
(your?) e-mail account, OE gets the message, sees that it is from the
monitoring application and forwards it to the other recipients. Somewhat
of a hack, but perhaps/probably workable. (Note that OE has to be running
'continuously' for this to work and has to poll for new mail at an
acceptable rate/interval.)

Re: Simple SMTP server for Windows to send group e-mail?

On 19 Oct 2006 18:02:57 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:
> It is not very clear what you want, but if I understand it correctly:

Sorry :-/

I use a monitoring app that can send an e-mail when something goes
wrong. Several people would like to receive those, but that app can
only connect to an SMTP server and send e-mail to a single address. We
had no use of an e-mail server internally until now, but it looks like
the only way to have that app send an e-mail to multiple recipients is
to have one and create a group alias.

I'd rather have a simple service running on the same Windows host as
the monitoring app rather than doing something more complicated with
OExpress forwarding e-mails.

Any recommendation?

Thank you.

Re: Simple SMTP server for Windows to send group e-mail?

Vincent Delporte wrote:

>I use a monitoring app that can send an e-mail when something goes
>wrong. Several people would like to receive those, but that app can
>only connect to an SMTP server and send e-mail to a single address.

Sounds like you want a mailing list where the only subscribers are the
people who want to receive your email and the only poster is the
automated app. There are plenty of suppliers of private mailing list
services. You could even set it up as a private Yahoo Groups if you
want to test that idea. See:

www.yahoogroups.com

Re: Simple SMTP server for Windows to send group e-mail?

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:55:19 +0100, Landmark
wrote:
>Sounds like you want a mailing list where the only subscribers are the
>people who want to receive your email and the only poster is the
>automated app.

Good idea. Thx :-)