Although it seems simple - I cannot get my email working. Do I need an internal exchange server or can I simply enable smtp on the sharepoint server? Confused for sure. Secondary question: Later we will have an exchange server in house, but it will only ac to pass mail through to hostway. How will this work with Sharepoint?

Hi, Check this link for a step-by-step approach for configuring outgoing e-mail settings in Sharepoint: http://www.fivenumber.com/configure-outgoing-e-mail-settings-sharepoint/ Also check these recent discussions on similar issues: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/6d54f6fe-0677-48b9-b72a-26a4f6943a7b http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/dd8f4dd9-2b91-47c6-b464-234e60a5e32e BR, PM