Configuring SMTP for Windows Server

Open “Server Manager” and add “SMTP Server” role.

Open IIS 6.0 Manager and configure SMTP server.

Open “Delivery” tab click on “Advanced” button and set “Smart host”. For Gmail it is “smtp.gmail.com”.

Click on “Outbound connections” and set outbound TCP port to “587”.

Click on “Outbound Security” button, select “Basic Authentication” and fill in user name and password fields. Tick on “TLS Encryption”.

Click on “Access” tab > “Connection” and add 127.0.0.1 ip to granted computers list.

Click on “Access” tab > “Relay” and add 127.0.0.1 ip to granted computers list.

Enable SMTP Server start on boot

Open Command Prompt - Press “Win+X”, then press “a” key. Run following commands:

SMTP configuration completed.