To install the Chilkat SMTPQ Service on Windows 64-bit: Download Chilkat SMTPQ 64-bit and save to any directory. Run the ChilkatSmtpQ_x64.msi. On the “Select Installation Folder” dialog, do not select the default install folder. Instead, choose a simpler, shorter path such as “C:\smtpq\”. Also, install for “Everyone”. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to c:\smtpq. Right-click on the SmtpQConfig.exe program and […]
Question regarding SMTPQ: On the new server I mapped a network drive that was connected to the NAS box that holds the queue: s:\ = \\xyz\smtpq\ When I set the folders in smtpQ Manager as follows the service will not start Queue Directory: s:\queue Undelivered Directory: s:\undelivered However if I use the network paths as follows: Queue Directory: \\xyz\smtpq\queue Undelivered […]
Question: I’m trying to install SMTPQ on Windows Server 2008 only nothing happens. It won’t install the service, no messages, nothing. Answer: Download and install the Chilkat SMTPQ service from this URL: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads_misc.asp The SMTPQ Windows Service is not installed (intentionally). To complete the install, click on the Windows Start menu button (bottom left of desktop) and select “All Programs–>Chilkat–>SMTPQ […]
Question: With the SMTPQ service, do you have some guidelines on the best practice settings for the number of threads required for sending different quantities of email? Answer: The SMTPQ is an SMTP client, and thus it connects to SMTP servers to send email. However, it may be configured to use any number of threads so theoretically each thread may […]
The SMTPQ service is not an SMTP server. It’s a service that watches a directory for special .eml files. When a .eml file appears, it reads it, extracts and removes information from the header and sends the email by connecting to an SMTP server. The information extracted from the .eml includes the SMTP hostname, login, password, and other sending-params. The […]