Services Utility: Simple Mail Transport Protocol Service
| Display Name (?): | Simple Mail Transport Protocol | ||||||||||||||
| Short Name (?): | SMTPSVC | ||||||||||||||
| Executable (?): | inetinfo.exe | ||||||||||||||
| Library (?): | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Depends On (?): | IIS Admin Service, Event Log | ||||||||||||||
| Supports (?): | None. | ||||||||||||||
| Description (?): | Transports electronic mail across the network | ||||||||||||||
| OS (?): | NT4 Server, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server | ||||||||||||||
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Explanation (?): | The simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) service provides SMTP capabilities to Windows. This is used for queuing and sending email across a network, including the Internet. The SMTP service is also used by Windows for replicating email information across domain controllers. This service is also used by Exchange servers. If you are running a mail server then you should leave this set to automatic. If you do not use this ability then you should uninstall email features from add / remove programs on the control panel. |