- From within my local development machine, send an email from amail client such as Outlook or Windows Mail to an ‘Incoming Email’ enabled list in a SharePoint 2010 site.
- Programmatically or through SharePoint ‘Alerts’ have emails sent from SharePoint to my inbox on a local mail client.
Environment
Host Name: WIN-SHAREPOINT
User Name: Administrator
Virtualization Software: VMware
Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2
SharePoint Version: SharePoint 2010
Services used: SMTP and third-party POP3 by Visendo (free version).
Tasks
- Setup SMTP
- Install Visendo and follow install and configuration instructions.
- Update Visendo.
- Configure Visendo.
- Download Windows Live Mail or Outlook and configure.
- Configure Incoming/Outgoing email in SharePoint 2010.
First, make sure the SMTP service is installed and running on your machine.Next, open Internet Information Services 6.0 Manager.You’ll notice my Domain Name is simply that of the host name of my machine. Icreated an alias called “WIN-SHAREPOINT.LOCALHOST”.
Right click on [SMTP Virtual Serve #1]and select Properties.I have mine configured so that IP address has (All Unassigned) selected
Go to the ‘Access’ tab and select ‘Relay’.
Select ‘All except the list below’ and click OK.
Since Windows Server 2008 does not include a POP service, you’ll have to download one from a third-party vendor.Visendo provides a great POP3 service that is not only easy to configure, but is also free.
Install POP3 service from Visendo.www.Visendo.com
Follow the installation/configuration steps outlined in there PDF.
http://www.visendo.com/documents/mail/SMTP_best_practices.pdf
Make sure in install the updates before you begin.Below is how I have mine set up.
The email address I used was, Administrator@win-sharepoint.localhost.
Please note: Over time you are most likely to change locations or get assigned a new IP address.When this happens you must update your IP address in the following locations:
- Mail Client
- Visendo configuration file
- Visendo GUI
At this point double check that all necessary services have been started.
Outlook/Windows Mail configuration
For either Outlook or Windows Mail, upon the initial setup process, you will want to select ‘Manually configure mail Server’ and use POP3.
You might get prompted for login credentials.
Set up for Windows Mail
Go to ‘Accounts’ tab –> properties
Please Note: Windows Mail worked while using the actual name of the server whereas Outlook required the actual IP address.
Make sure when you’re prompted for your log in credentials you enter in the account name and password that is in Visendo POP3 Server. If you don’t, you may receive an error message.The log files located in the Visendo directory will provide some useful information if additional trouble-shooting is required.
SHAREPOINT 2010 INCOMING/OUTGOING MAIL CONFIGURATION
Configure Incoming mail.
Enable a list to receive email.
Enable your list to receive incoming email.
If you’re not using an Active Directory and would like to add/modify user email accounts, you can easily do this in code via a small console app.
Useful blogs that will fill in any gaps.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff679958.aspx
http://jebass.blogspot.com/2009/02/making-pop3-smtp-server-work-with.html