Recently I needed to setup incoming emails on a SharePoint 2010 site
sadly, after researching this subject a lot, I was not able to find a
blog that provided a complete answer of how to set this up on a
Production Environment. There are some variations in the way this can be
setup but the method I will be explaining in this blog involves a
non-Exchange Server method.
Assumptions
I am assuming that:
The solution involves:
In this example I am using a domain name: http://www.shareheaven.co.uk that is registered with GoDaddy.com.
Login to your domain name’s control panel and add a DNS A (Host) record in the following format:
Where the host (‘notify’ in this example) can be anything of your liking. The IP address should be the IP address of the server that hosts the SMTP Server.
Next we need to add a DNS MX Record in the following format:
Wait for the DNS changes to take effect, you can use this website to check if the changes have taken effect.
Configuring the SMTP Server
On the SMTP Server we will need to add an alias. Open IIS 6.0 Manager > Expand your SMTP Server in the list on the left hand side > Right click on ‘Domains’ > New > Domains.
On this screen (screen shot above) select Alias and click Next and then fill it out as below (based on your domain name):
Configuring Central Administration
Next we need to setup Central Administration to enable incoming emails in our SharePoint Farm, in Central Admin browse to System Settings > Configure incoming e-mail settings and set it up as below:
Configuring a SharePoint List
Finally, we can now setup a SharePoint List to receive incoming emails. In this example I will be setting up a Document Library to receive incoming emails. Browse to Library Settings > Incoming e-mail settings of the SharePoint List you would like to setup to receive incoming emails. Fill out the form as below and click ‘OK’:
Testing the Solution
To test the solution send an email to the email address we setup to receieve incoming emails which in our example was: test@shareheaven.co.uk (replace shareheaven with your domain name of course!):
Screen shot below shows the .eml file arriving in the drop folder of the SMTP Server:
A SharePoint Timer Job picks up this email, processes it and then adds an item in the Document Library:
Assumptions
I am assuming that:
- You have setup an SMTP server on one of your SharePoint WFE’s (Web Front End) if you are not sure on how to do this then please check out this post.
- You have a domain name registered and that you can modify the DNS records
The solution involves:
- Setting up the DNS Records
- Configuring the SMTP Server
- Configuring Central Administration
- Configuring a SharePoint List
In this example I am using a domain name: http://www.shareheaven.co.uk that is registered with GoDaddy.com.
Login to your domain name’s control panel and add a DNS A (Host) record in the following format:
Where the host (‘notify’ in this example) can be anything of your liking. The IP address should be the IP address of the server that hosts the SMTP Server.
Next we need to add a DNS MX Record in the following format:
Wait for the DNS changes to take effect, you can use this website to check if the changes have taken effect.
Configuring the SMTP Server
On the SMTP Server we will need to add an alias. Open IIS 6.0 Manager > Expand your SMTP Server in the list on the left hand side > Right click on ‘Domains’ > New > Domains.
On this screen (screen shot above) select Alias and click Next and then fill it out as below (based on your domain name):
Configuring Central Administration
Next we need to setup Central Administration to enable incoming emails in our SharePoint Farm, in Central Admin browse to System Settings > Configure incoming e-mail settings and set it up as below:
Configuring a SharePoint List
Finally, we can now setup a SharePoint List to receive incoming emails. In this example I will be setting up a Document Library to receive incoming emails. Browse to Library Settings > Incoming e-mail settings of the SharePoint List you would like to setup to receive incoming emails. Fill out the form as below and click ‘OK’:
Testing the Solution
To test the solution send an email to the email address we setup to receieve incoming emails which in our example was: test@shareheaven.co.uk (replace shareheaven with your domain name of course!):
Screen shot below shows the .eml file arriving in the drop folder of the SMTP Server:
A SharePoint Timer Job picks up this email, processes it and then adds an item in the Document Library:
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