How can email be resent that has been delivered to the Badmail folder in IIS?

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We have IIS setup as an SMTP relay. A relay security error caused the outbound emails to be delivered to the badmail folder for the IIS SMTP Service.

Is there any standard method for attempting to retry delivery of these emails?

catalpa · Answer 1 · 2011-11-08 14:31:39Z

According to Micrsoft support:

To replay the messages that are located in the Badmail folder, follow these steps:

Stop the SMTP service.

a. Open IIS Manager.

b. Right-click Default SMTP Virtual Server, and then click Stop.
Copy all the files that are located in the Badmail folder and that have the .bad file name extension. Then, paste these files to the Pickup folder.
Delete the .bad file name extension from all the .bad files that are located in the Pickup folder.
Start the SMTP service.

a. Open IIS Manager.

b. Right-click Default SMTP Virtual Server, and then click Start.
Verify that the messages were delivered.

SBWorks · Answer 2 · 2011-11-08 11:39:00Z

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Drag and drop them in the pickup folder.

answered Nov 8 '11 at 11:39

	It will pull out the error message and resend from the .BAD, .BDP, or *.BDR files? – catalpa Nov 8 '11 at 13:34
	I wish it was that easy. Not looking forward to changing the extensions of 30K files. – catalpa Nov 8 '11 at 14:14
	Hmmm... That worked in Windows 2003... Should have checked what changed since then. – SBWorks Nov 8 '11 at 15:32

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