identifying the smtp server

Uh, kind of funny situation here. I started to do some smtp localhost
testing. It wouldn't do anything without authentication and didn't
recognize any of my local accounts. Even with straight ahead telnet
(c:\>telnet localhost 25) Strange I thought.

I then noticed my standard smtp service in services was not started as
I did a while ago. IIS virtual smtp is not started either. So who is
handling these smtp requests?

I have a bunch of additional stuff on my pc, such as php, .net, etc
that I imagine handle email for their respective environments.

How can identify this service? The only seemingly unique indicator is:

220 127.0.0.1 SMTP ready to roll

Any help, much appreciated.

Well, in this specific situation, it was a program called 'hotmail
popper'. I found it by starting to click off every bleeping program and
process, so I'm still curious as if there is a better way then this,
uhm, rather labor intensive method. so?

JahMic wrote:
> Uh, kind of funny situation here. I started to do some smtp localhost
> testing. It wouldn't do anything without authentication and didn't
> recognize any of my local accounts. Even with straight ahead telnet
> (c:\>telnet localhost 25) Strange I thought.
>
> I then noticed my standard smtp service in services was not started as
> I did a while ago. IIS virtual smtp is not started either. So who is
> handling these smtp requests?
>
> I have a bunch of additional stuff on my pc, such as php, .net, etc
> that I imagine handle email for their respective environments.
>
> How can identify this service? The only seemingly unique indicator is:
>
> 220 127.0.0.1 SMTP ready to roll
>
> Any help, much appreciated.

Use ActivePorts to see what process is listening on port 25.

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"JahMic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Well, in this specific situation, it was a program called 'hotmail
> popper'. I found it by starting to click off every bleeping program and
> process, so I'm still curious as if there is a better way then this,
> uhm, rather labor intensive method. so?
>
> JahMic wrote:
>> Uh, kind of funny situation here. I started to do some smtp localhost
>> testing. It wouldn't do anything without authentication and didn't
>> recognize any of my local accounts. Even with straight ahead telnet
>> (c:\>telnet localhost 25) Strange I thought.
>>
>> I then noticed my standard smtp service in services was not started as
>> I did a while ago. IIS virtual smtp is not started either. So who is
>> handling these smtp requests?
>>
>> I have a bunch of additional stuff on my pc, such as php, .net, etc
>> that I imagine handle email for their respective environments.
>>
>> How can identify this service? The only seemingly unique indicator is:
>>
>> 220 127.0.0.1 SMTP ready to roll
>>
>> Any help, much appreciated.
>