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Are there any errors in the event logs? 
 
Also, if you look into the IIS SMTP logs (you have logging enabled, right?), is there any event that occurs right before the SMTP site goes offline? 
 
Dan
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Are there any errors in the event logs?

Also, if you look into the IIS SMTP logs (you have logging enabled, right?), is there any event that occurs right before the SMTP site goes offline?

Dan

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Hi, 
 
We are experiencing issues where Virtual SMTP stop, I am aware of the following scripts to start and stop the service: 
 
To Start: 
 
$SMTP=[adsi]&quot;IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1&quot; 
$SMTP.ServerState = 2 
$SMTP.SetInfo() 
 
To Stop: 
 
$SMTP=[adsi]&quot;IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1&quot; 
$SMTP.ServerState = 4 
$SMTP.SetInfo() 
 
Any idea how I can put this in a script to check the service is in a stop state (4) and if so to start it and it into state 2. 
 
Regards, 
 
introlux
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Hi,

We are experiencing issues where Virtual SMTP stop, I am aware of the following scripts to start and stop the service:

To Start:

$SMTP=[adsi]"IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1"
$SMTP.ServerState = 2
$SMTP.SetInfo()

To Stop:

$SMTP=[adsi]"IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1"
$SMTP.ServerState = 4
$SMTP.SetInfo()

Any idea how I can put this in a script to check the service is in a stop state (4) and if so to start it and it into state 2.

Regards,

introlux

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