How To Turn On the IIS SMTP Server?

Question

I have the IIS SMTP server installed in my PC. While testing to send e-mails using the JavaMail, I can see that messages do not reach the server.
I have never used the IIS SMTP server before. I think the problem is that the server is not running (I could be wrong). How do I turn on the IIS SMTP server?

Answer 1

My IIS SMTP is running because
1. I typed http://xp-jenc-c/ in the browser and I am connected to the Windows XP Professional (http://xp-jenc-c/localstart.asp) and it says that 'Your web service is now running.'
2. On my desktop screen, I click on the IIS. And then expand the XP-JENC-C (local computer) node. Right-click on the Default SMTP Virtual Server. I can see 'Start' is grayed out. Only Stop and Pause are the available choices.
However, messages cannot reach the server. It is hanging after I submit the mail message. Here is the code of the msgsend. java:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
* Demo app that shows how to construct and send an RFC822
* (singlepart) message.
* XXX - allow more than one recipient on the command line
* @author Max Spivak
* @author Bill Shannon
public class msgsend {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
     new msgsend(argv);
    public msgsend(String[] argv) {
     String  to, subject = null, from = null,
          cc = null, bcc = null, url = null;
     String mailhost = null;
     String mailer = "msgsend";
     String protocol = null, host = null, user = null, password = null;
     String record = null;     // name of folder in which to record mail
     boolean debug = false;
     BufferedReader in =
               new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
     int optind;
     for (optind = 0; optind < argv.length; optind++) {
         if (argv[optind].equals("-T")) {
          protocol = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-H")) {
          host = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-U")) {
          user = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-P")) {
          password = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-M")) {
          mailhost = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-f")) {
          record = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-s")) {
          subject = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-o")) { // originator
          from = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-c")) {
          cc = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-b")) {
          bcc = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-L")) {
          url = argv[++optind];
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("-d")) {
          debug = true;
         } else if (argv[optind].equals("--")) {
          optind++;
          break;
         } else if (argv[optind].startsWith("-")) {
          System.out.println(
"Usage: msgsend [[-L store-url] | [-T prot] [-H host] [-U user] [-P passwd]]");
          System.out.println(
"\t[-s subject] [-o from-address] [-c cc-addresses] [-b bcc-addresses]");
          System.out.println(
"\t[-f record-mailbox] [-M transport-host] [-d] [address]");
          System.exit(1);
         } else {
          break;
     try {
         if (optind < argv.length) {
          // XXX - concatenate all remaining arguments
          to = argv[optind];
          System.out.println("To: " + to);
         } else {
          System.out.print("To: ");
          System.out.flush();
          to = in.readLine();
         if (subject == null) {
          System.out.print("Subject: ");
          System.out.flush();
          subject = in.readLine();
         } else {
          System.out.println("Subject: " + subject);
         Properties props = System.getProperties();
         // XXX - could use Session.getTransport() and Transport.connect()
         // XXX - assume we're using SMTP
         if (mailhost != null)
          props.put("mail.smtp.host", mailhost);
         // Get a Session object
         Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
         if (debug)
          session.setDebug(true);
         // construct the message
         Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
         if (from != null)
          msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
         else
          msg.setFrom();
         msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                         InternetAddress.parse(to, false));
         if (cc != null)
          msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,
                         InternetAddress.parse(cc, false));
         if (bcc != null)
          msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC,
                         InternetAddress.parse(bcc, false));
         msg.setSubject(subject);
         collect(in, msg);
         msg.setHeader("X-Mailer", mailer);
         msg.setSentDate(new Date());
         // send the thing off
         Transport.send(msg);
         System.out.println("\nMail was sent successfully.");
         // Keep a copy, if requested.
         if (record != null) {
          // Get a Store object
          Store store = null;
          if (url != null) {
              URLName urln = new URLName(url);
              store = session.getStore(urln);
              store.connect();
          } else {
              if (protocol != null)          
               store = session.getStore(protocol);
              else
               store = session.getStore();
              // Connect
              if (host != null || user != null || password != null)
               store.connect(host, user, password);
              else
               store.connect();
          // Get record Folder.  Create if it does not exist.
          Folder folder = store.getFolder(record);
          if (folder == null) {
              System.err.println("Can't get record folder.");
              System.exit(1);
          if (!folder.exists())
              folder.create(Folder.HOLDS_MESSAGES);
          Message[] msgs = new Message[1];
          msgs[0] = msg;
          folder.appendMessages(msgs);
          System.out.println("Mail was recorded successfully.");
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
    public void collect(BufferedReader in, Message msg)
                         throws MessagingException, IOException {
     String line;
     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
     while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
         sb.append(line);
         sb.append("\n");
     // If the desired charset is known, you can use
     // setText(text, charset)
     msg.setText(sb.toString());