Microsoft's Internet Information Server ( MS IIS ) is very different from
Apache, and you need to handle redirects on it differently.

Although you can use the popular FrontPage web development software with
Apache + FP extensions, most people who use FrontPage prefer to use IIS. Also,
Microsoft's .NET and ASP development platforms usually work best on MS IIS (no
surprise there).

Definitions for Terms used in
this Article

Detailed Information

Overview

What you are trying to accomplish here is to have one resource (either a page
or an entire site) redirect a visitor to a completely different page or site,
and while doing so tell the visitor's browser that the redirect is either
permanent (301) or temporary (302).

Therefore you need to do three things:

1. Have 2 resources - one source page or website, and one destination page
   or website.
2. When an attempt to access the source resource is made, IIS transfers the
   visitor to the destination instead.
3. During the transfer, IIS reports to the visitor that a redirect is
   happening and it's either temporary or permanent.

The good news is that IIS has always supported this, and you can use it's
control panel to make the redirect.

Administrator Mode - Redirecting a Domain

If you can log into the Windows 2000 (or higher) server and access the
desktop, then choose:

Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Services Manager

Now choose the server running the site you want to forward. Remember you need
2 sites - one to forward FROM and one to forward TO. These can be on the same,
or separate servers.



Right click on the site you want to redirect FROM and choose Properties > Home
Directory



You will see the following:

The default is the first choice, "A directory located on this computer". Change
it to "A redirection to a URL" and type in the new URL.

If you want it to be a 301, then be sure to check ON
the choice for "A permanent redirection for this resource". If you want it to be
a 302, leave the choice checked OFF.

Administrator Mode - Redirecting an Individual Page

If you can log into the Windows 2000 (or higher) server and access the
desktop, then choose:

Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Services Manager

Now choose the server running the site you want to forward. Choose the site
with the webpage you want to forward in it, then right click on the it and
choose "Properties".



You will see the following:

The default is the first choice, "The designated file". Change it to "A
redirection to a URL" and type in the new URL.

If you want it to be a 301, then be sure to check ON
the choice for "A permanent redirection for this resource". If you want it to be
a 302, leave the choice checked OFF.

If you don't control the IIS server, ask the admin to do the above. Done.

Passing on Variables or a Query String During IIS Redirects

Let's say that you want to pass on some variables, for example, you wanted to
redirect an ASP site that accepted arguments for some pages and pass those same
arguments on to the same pages at the new site.

In this case, in the "Redirect to:" box, enter the domain you wish to move to
(no trailing slash), plus $S$Q .

For example:

http://www.newdomain.com$S$Q

Next, check the options that state the client will be sent to "The exact
URL entered above", as well as "A permanent redirection for this resource"
(if you want it to be a 301). Done.

What does this $S$Q do? These are tags that IIS will automatically replace -
$S will be replaced with the subdirectory location (such as /shopping/cart.aspx)
and $Q will be replaced with the querystring (such as ?id=Blue).

This works for both Site Redirects and Individual Page Redirects.

Common Scenarios

I Just Want To Switch Domains!

This is actually pretty straightforward. You can tweak things to get exactly
what you need with the variables above, but the following will work for the most
common setups:

http://www.newdomain.com$V$Q

Do NOT add a trailing slash "/" at the end of the domain name!

Make sure you check:

• The exact URL entered above
• A permanent redirection for this resource

Done! This will send everything after the old domain name to the new domain
name, including variables. You need to do is make sure that the new website is
set up exactly the same as the old one and that all you are doing is changing
domain names.

Non-WWW to WWW Redirect for IIS

When you set up a site in IIS, usually you set up the site with a domain name
and add the domain name with both versions, www and non-www, to the host headers
for the account. This creates a potential duplication issue, though.

The better way to do this is to actually create 2 accounts - one with the www
version and one without. Then you put the website in your preferred version and
a single page in the other. Normally, you would then treat this as if you were
switching domains (above), with the 2 domains being the www and the non-www
versions.

Another method, for those that don't have direct access to the
control panel (common with many ISP's/ hosts), is to put your entire website in the www account and then a
single page in the non-www account. Then you would put the following code in the
default page in the account with the single page (i.e. the one you are redirecting):

< %@ Language=VBScript %>

< %

Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"

Response.AddHeader "Location",
http://www.example.com

%>

What about Parameters?

If you do a non-www to www redirect for MS Internet Information Services
(IIS) and have parameters that need to be passed on, then do the following
(Thanks to Chris Hirst for testing
this):

1. Do the above non-WWW to WWW redirect
2. Make double sure that you do NOT have a trailing slash at the end of the
   domain (http://www.newdomain.com$V$Q, NOT http://www.newdomain.com/$V$Q)
3. As with all these redirects, make sure that you check "The exact URL
   entered above"

Don't Have Administrator or Desktop Access?

If possible, ask the Administrator for the site to perform the above steps.
If you can't, you need to use ASP or .NET scripting on-page to do redirects.

Conclusion

IIS is a powerful and easy to use web hosting platform. If you have access to
the Admin panel you can accomplish basic tasks (like simple redirection) easily
and quickly. If you don't have access (and don't want to switch hosts) then you
will have to use redirection scripting to accomplish this. You'll learn more
about that in the Redirects Using On-Page
Scripting and Headers section.

REFERENCE

http://www.mcanerin.com/EN/articles/301-redirect-IIS.asp

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1. Create and setup a Gmail account to use POP3.

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2. Install the mail server role (POP3 and SMTP) 
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      1. Access Tab

   

   1. Relay Button

   

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   1. Delivery Tab

   

   1. Outbound Security Button:

    
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   1. Outbound connections button

   
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   1. Advanced Button

   
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