Thread: Free SMTP Server

Picture this: you're on the move, and you need to send an important e-mail to a client. Your office mail server is down, or taking excessively long to send e-mails. Haven't many of us been through this situation? Fret not; you can now use software for exactly this situation.

Free SMTP Server creates an SMTP server right on your PC-It can be used with any mail client all you need to do is change the outgoing SMTP server to local host in the mail client.

When it's launched, the program will auto¬matically detect the DNS server and port number through which to send e-mail. If you want the mail to go through a specific DNS server address or port, you can configure that. too. Be aware that that some ISPs dose the SMTP port 25, furcingyou to use only their SMTP server, so make sure the port is unblocked before using the program.



The only drawback of the software is that if any other service is already using the specified SMTP port, it gives you an error instead of adding the request to the queue. Free SMTP Server has no frills, but that's what makes it so fast and efficient.