Mar 16 2021 01:22 PM - edited Mar 16 2021 01:54 PM
I have installed 20303.1 and added the SMTP Service and add the management tools.
Install-WindowsFeature SMTP-Server -IncludeManagementTools
After the installation, I bring up the IIS 6 Management Console.
If I right-click the [SMTP Virtual Server] node and select properties, I get an error like this:
Clues?
Mar 16 2021 02:02 PM
Mar 17 2021 06:08 AM
Mar 17 2021 09:26 AM
Mar 17 2021 09:28 AM
Aug 29 2021 09:56 AM
Well, that's fine it was deprecated, so what's the purpose of letting the feature SMTP to be installed on Windows Server 2022, if you can't manage it anymore.
Was my fault not reading this before, now I'm rolling back to 2019.
Aug 30 2021 01:45 PM
@NunoTex Sorry for the troubles. The management bug came about separately / unrelated to the deprecation of the SMTP stack. It should have still worked so long as the SMTP stack shipped in Windows but apparently some updates to the management console caused a regression/bug here. Deprecation (when we no longer officially support something / use at your own risk) usually happens well in advance of removal (e.g. several years). In this case, due to the strategic shift at Microsoft to cloud services the backlog item to remove the SMTP stack from Windows was deprioritized much longer than originally expected.
Aug 30 2021 07:12 PM
Ok, fair enough, at least you gave some honest feedback :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:
In meantime I rollback to 2019, since I needed the server ASAP.
Will see what solution can be used to replace this entirely.
Sep 09 2021 10:17 AM
Dec 17 2021 07:02 PM
@KevinShaughnessy Pause the service, then edit what you need, then start it. In addition to crashing when editing, my smtp server crashes any time I connect to it too.
Jan 12 2022 02:08 PM
@buckeyeguy318 thank you! That worked!
Mar 10 2022 11:29 AM
@Maverickx AGREE! That SMTP server is a useful utility that we use heavily. Rolling back to 2019 ASAP.
Microsoft: At least consider open sourcing this. We use it as our core SMTP engine and we do not want or need to get a new service or app. 365 and Azure are not alternatives for self-hosted SMTP.
Mar 10 2022 04:08 PM - edited Mar 10 2022 04:25 PM
@phollows
After trying all things listed here, I found that stopping the Relay service in IIS and running the IIS 6 console as the administrator, allowed me to get in and configure it in Server 2022 Datacenter.
EDIT: However it still doesn't work after configuring it, the SMTP Service stops when it receives a message.
So what is a good light weight relay I can go get ?
Thanks Chris
Mar 11 2022 09:07 AM
Apr 25 2022 11:27 PM
SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition are supported for Windows Server 2022 and SharePoint required SMTP Service to receive e-mails.
If the SMTP service is removed then the information for SharePoint 2019 and SE is not correct.
May 18 2022 03:20 PM
May 18 2022 09:29 PM
May 19 2022 07:14 AM - edited May 19 2022 07:25 AM
May 19 2022 07:14 AM - edited May 19 2022 07:25 AM
Clarification, SMTP was 'Deprecated' in Windows Server 2012:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/hh...
SMTP is included all the way up through (including) Windows Server 2022.
However SMTP has been 'Removed' for the next release of Windows Server, and you will see this change has been made that SMTP is no longer available in the current Windows Server Insider preview builds.
Thanks!
Elden
May 19 2022 11:45 AM
Oct 03 2022 05:19 AM
Nov 10 2022 01:21 PM
Solution