How to change the STMP Server listening Port

[RichardCWGate]

I would like to change the port that the PageGate GetMail Interface listens on to avaoid an conflict. I found a post from 2003/4 that said this information was located in the help file but the location it gave does not exist any more. Where can I find this?
Thanks

[Tech Support]

To change the port that GetMail listens to, you'll need to do the following:

1) In Windows, go to Start - Run.

2) Type the following and click on OK: regedit

3) When the registry editor comes up, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - Software - NotePage - PageGate

4) Create a New DWord value called SMTP_Port

5) Edit the Value of that key to be the new port to listen to.

6) Restart the computer so Windows picks up on the new registry entry.

[NotePage Sales]

The online manual and PageGate have been upgraded to version 5 since 2003/2005. Reference GetMail information: 'PageGate Admin' - 'Using the PageGate Admin' - 'Interfaces' - 'Email Interface' in the current online manual at http://www.notepage.net/manualchoice.htm

If using PageGate v4, you may want to consider upgrading to v5 for $100.00. The Email Interface has better reliability and stability along with a greater variety of special formats for incoming email (especially SMTP). DNS values for GetMail can be auto detected. There are also enhanced security features for filtering and domain control.

Download a free evaluation of PageGate v5 software (2 recipients enabled and restart every 3-5 days), upgrade instructions and release notes are at http://www.notepage.net/pagegate-v5.htm. The upgraded v5 Registration Key is needed to fully register PageGate v5 software.

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NotePage Sales

[RichardCWGate]

[Tech Support]

Wait, if it says that the port is already in use, that normally means that another SMTP service is active on the system. Check your Services list in Windows, look for any SMTP or Microsoft SMTP Services that might be there. If you see any, disable or remove them and let's see if that takes care of it.

[RichardCWGate]

[Tech Support]

My mistake, I thought the only reason you were changing the port was because of the error. If that's not the case, then I suppose you would have multiple SMTP services running.

[RichardCWGate]

[Tech Support]

Two things.

One, I forgot to mention, in my initial steps, that the Dword value needs to be entered in Decimal, not Hexidecimal. You may need to go back in and edit the value, switch it over to Decimal, then re-enter the port you'd like it to be.

Two, if that doesn't take care of it and you're getting the error on startup, it might also be the POP server part that is complaining. You may want to also change the POP_Port to something other than 110 for PageGate but don't do that unless the first bit doesn't work.

[RichardCWGate]

Hi again.

Still not working. I have set both the SMTP_Port and the POP_Port to values that are not in use (as checked by netstat);

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NotePage\PageGate]
"SMTP_Port"=dword:00002729
"POP_Port"=dword:0000277e

I still get "Unable to start SMTP Server: Port already in use" in the GetMail Monitor window.

[Tech Support]

Right, that's because you put it under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It needs to go under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section, as referenced in these steps:

1) In Windows, go to Start - Run.

2) Type the following and click on OK: regedit

3) When the registry editor comes up, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - Software - NotePage - PageGate

4) Create a New DWord value called SMTP_Port

5) Make sure the data type is Decimal, then edit the Value of that key to be the new port to listen to.

6) Restart the computer so Windows picks up on the new registry entry.

[RichardCWGate]

Now how stupid do I feel at this moment? On a scale of 1 to 10 about 10,000! Thanks for your help, that fixed it!