Set up SmarterMail in Windows 2008 / IIS 7

The following article explains how to create the SmarterMail website on your Windows 2008 server in IIS 7. IIS 7 (Internet Information Services) controls the configuration of each website on the server. If the server is Windows 2003, please see How do I run SmarterMail or SmarterStats through IIS 6?

Disable the SmarterMail Web Server

1. Log into your server through Remote Desktop Connection (instructions for connecting to your server through RDC can be found here).
2. Click Start > Run and type in services.msc. Click OK.
3. Scroll down to the SmarterMail Web Service, right-click it and choose Properties. Change the Startup type to Manual and stop the service. Click OK and close the services dialog box.

Add SmarterMail to IIS 7

1. Log into your server through Remote Desktop Connection (instructions for connecting to your server through RDC can be found here).
2. Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   

3. Expand the server name.

   

4. Type in SmarterMail as the Site Name. This will automatically create an Application Pool for SmarterMail.
5. Enter or browse to the path C:\Program Files\SmarterTools\SmarterMail\MRS (If the server is 64-bit, the location may be C:\Program Files (x86)\SmarterTools\SmarterMail\MRS).
6. For the Binding, choose HTTP, choose an IP address that is free (or leave All Unassigned to use the main server IP address), and change the port as port 9998. Leave the Host Name field blank and check the checkbox for Start Web site immediately. Click OK.