The IIS Tools menu

 

All the IIS tools are accessed from the IIS Tools menu on the main menu bar.

 

 

 
Starting and stopping services

 

•Start / Stop IIS Admin Service start or stop the Internet Information Services
 

•Start / Stop SMTP Service start or stop the Simple Mail Transport Protocol Service

 

•Start / Stop NNTP Service start or stop the Network News Transfer Protocol Service

 

•Start / Stop FTP Service start or stop the FTP Publishing Service
 

 

Telnet

 

•Telnet localhost SMTP start the telnet session with the SMTP port on the same server

 

If the SMTP service is running, a telnet session will be started with the current server on port 25 (SMTP).

 

A command prompt with a text telnet session will be displayed only if connection succeeds.

 

•Telnet... use telnet with an specific computer and port

 

 The telnet configuration dialog will be displayed:

 

 

 

•Hostname / IP Address enter the name of the computer, or the computer's IP Address
 

•Port enter the port on the computer to connect to
 

•OK starts the telnet session