Configuring Outlook to use local machine as mail server

[pstanard]

To Whom It May Concern,

I am creating a test email environment on my laptop and I would like to configure outlook to use my local machine (local host) as the mail server so that I may send email back and forth using a fictitious email account.

Is that at all possible and is it as simple as placing the host name in the mail server field?

[At0mic]

You could install a mail server on your computer such as Pegasus Mail or ArGoSoft Mail Server. Argosoft is the easiest to setup but Pegasus is a better program. Seeing as its just for one computer though, then you may as well use Argosoft.

Edited May 9, 2006 by At0mic

[pstanard]

Ok would the mail server idea should work on Windows 2000..

What about for Windows 2003 Server... I actually had the mail server up and the associated dummy email accounts setup but when I configured the mail account on outlook I kept getting an error stating either it couldnt find the mail server or smtp connection or something like that

You could install a mail server on your computer such as Pegasus Mail or ArGoSoft Mail Server. Argosoft is the easiest to setup but Pegasus is a better program. Seeing as its just for one computer though, then you may as well use Argosoft.

[Bilou_Gateux]

Install and Configure the Email Server in Windows Server 2003 + Outlook Express