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How do I set up my Windows 7 machine so I can send emails from a locally installed mail server for development purposes?

Hi:

I have a Windows 7 Professional machine (IIS7).
For development/testing purposes, I would like to set up this machine to
send email from my .Net based applications.

I've done some googling, but am still pretty unclear as how to set this up locally.

Do I need to download/install email server locally on my machine or do I have
everything I need but need to set stuff up through IIS 7?

First time out of the gates trying this, so I apologize if the question/answer seems obvious.

Thanks,
JohnB
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Generally yes, you will need to set up something to handle the mail traffic to and from and open the appropriate ports on your workstation's software firewall

http://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/mail-server-software.aspx

is a free one or if you would rather the even simpler MS route for Win 7 pro

http://geekswithblogs.net/ferdous/archive/2011/03/15/smtp-setup-for-windows-7.aspx gives you links to install the stuff, then there is a link in the article on how to configure it.
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Yup. however, in the real world, usually an app that you write that needs mail capabilities is going to have to be able to log into and send via some arbitary mail target, so it makes sense to code it that way originally.

earlier versions of IIS allowed you to just drop mails into an arbitrary directory and have the IIS engine send them - which was convenient, but is now depreciated (sadly; I found it quite handy :)
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Thanks for the excellent feedback folks!

JB