SMTP server for testing of sending mails?

[MisterBigglesworth]

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a free smpt server I can download and install? I need it for my web dev box....have a few websites running PHP and ASP, and they make use of the PHP mail option. Thing is in PHP.ini...you can add SMTP info....but there is no option to add a username and password (which I have to add to as I have the mail.mywebsite.co.za details, with a username and password. It wont send without a username and password...and PHP doesnt have this option in php.ini).

I found a few search results about using a SMTP server but have had no luck and think Im not using the correct ones. So if you can let me kow what you use and how to set it up, that would be awesome!

 

[MisterBigglesworth]

I tried ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET Free, but it doesnt seem to be working

 

[JerryMungo]

Windoze comes with an SMTP server as part of IIS (you may need to specify it in add/remove programs) so if you have a windoze box, you could try that. I'm sure there are other freebies or trial versions out there too.

 

[SilverNodashi]

SmarterMail has a free 1 domain version. OR, you could download an unlimited version of MailEnable Standard

Both are great products and used by some of the largest ISP's, so you could get a feel of what an enterprise mail server "feels like"

 

[guest2013-1]

I'd go with the stock-standard windows SMTP that comes with IIS. Does the job it needs to. However, running PHP on a Windows box is like getting albino's to work in the sun. They can do the job but at what consequence?

 

[JerryMungo]

I'd go with the stock-standard windows SMTP that comes with IIS. Does the job it needs to. However, running PHP on a Windows box is like getting albino's to work in the sun. They can do the job but at what consequence?

Should work fine actually, provided it's standard port 25 no ssl, no login etc.