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I've added the SMTP feature to my Windows Server as every tutorial on the Internet does and restarted IIS. But I can't see the SMTP virtual server under my sites:

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What's wrong? Is there any problem with SMTP and Windows Server 2019?

More general question: How can I set up a mail server on my Windows Server 2019?

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Every tutorial on the Internet I could find have this in common: installing the IIS 6 Management Compatibility.

Add features that are required for SMTP Server?

The SMTP service is configured using the IIS 6.0 Manager!

This may change soon...

Now, Features removed or planned for replacement starting with Windows Server, version 1709 suggests IIS 6 Management compatibility is going to be removed. I don't know what will happen to the SMTP service after that. Maybe it will be removed, too, or arranged differently, and then this answer becomes obsole.

How can I set up a mail server on my Windows Server 2019?

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  • Thank you! That worked... I was missing the "IIS 6 manager" part... Now I can configure the SMTP BUT: That's not what I was thinking :( I was searching for how can I make email service on my domain. Sth like: [email protected]... And search results lead me to SMTP... But its not the thing that I was looking for... is it? It just relaying emails to the destination. Jul 18, 2020 at 13:48
  • Yes, SMTP is a protocol that does only that: delivers email. It doesn't implement mailbox storage nor reading mail using a mail user agent, which is a job for e.g. the IMAP protocol. The last part of my answer is a good start in finding fully featured email server software. Although it might not be a good idea, as maintaining own email server is a lot more complex task than maintaining e.g. a web server. Jul 18, 2020 at 14:48
  • I want the email for an SSL certificate... They said that I should have an [email protected] email...so u think I should use one of those free mail servers? Jul 18, 2020 at 16:01
  • Can't you use Let's Encrypt? See e.g. Install Let’s Encrypt with IIS on Windows Server 2019 and Using Let's Encrypt with IIS on Windows. Jul 18, 2020 at 16:25

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