SMTP service on Windows 2008 R2 Core

Question

I have setup a server with Windows 2008 R2 Core Web Edition. The question is, how can I install the IIS7 SMTP service? Or is SMTP missing in the Core editions?

Thank you

Answer 1

I have come to the conclusion that the Microsoft SMTP service is not supported on the Core editions. I found this list:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2-differentiated-features.aspx

But such a list cannot be found for the core editions, bad documentation.

I'll install a third party SMTP service.

Answer 2

From this post:

I just started a migration to windows server 2008 web edition an ran into a bit of a headache. The SMTP server at first appears to be missing even after installing the SMTP feature.

After some digging it appears that it can't be administered from within iis7 manager. However, it can be managed from "Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager."

I'm not sure if this has been changed for R2.