How to send mail from the localhost?

[thebluestar136]

I want to send a mail in asp, I know the mail server has to be installed in my computer
I tried installing first mail server software, but it did not work, mail cannot be sent!
I don't know whether I have to configure anything or not
Please show me!

[radujit]

First of all you have to turn your computer in a SMTP server.
I recommend you this article:
http://www.uberreview.com/2009/01/five-minute-project-how-to-turn-your-xp-machine-into-an-smtp-virtual-server.htm
However if you search on google "how to turn your computer in a smtp server" you may find other resources.
Then you should use CDO to send email (search again for scripts, if you don't know how to do it). While configuring the CDO script, while defining the server use "127.0.0.1" which is the local host IP