Which Web Server?

By Richard Lowe, Jr.
2003-10-13

Email

SMTP on IIS is primitive but functional. This is because it is only provided to allow scripts and such to send email from the server. If you need additional email support, you are expected to use Exchange or some other email system.

Apache does not support SMTP (sendmail), although a version is usually provided on the target system. The provided email solution is full featured - but you must be very sure to check the configuration to be sure your system is not an open relay.

The IIS SMTP module is configured through the standard Windows 2000 entry system, while Sendmail requires configuration file editing. IIS SMTP is absolutely trivial to maintain; Sendmail can be a challenge.

Article Pages:
» Introduction
» Ease Of Use
» Security
» Customization
» Efficiency
» Hardware Requirements
» Large Server Farms
» Disaster Recovery
» Language And Other Support
» Stability
» Operating System Integration
» Email
» DNS
» Search Engines
» Conclusions

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