Registration of the ASPEMAIL.DLL file is required to make use of the smtp mail capabilities of an IIS server. The instructions below work for WIN98/ME/2000 and Win2000 Server. At the end of this page is the command for how to unregister a .dll. A step you must do because you just can't go out and delete it. YOU MUST UNREGISTER IT.

1. Go to START>RUN and enter the line:

regsvr32 c:\theabsolutepathtotheaspemail.dll file

Be sure to replace the line "c:\theabsolutepathtotheaspemail.dll file" with the location of the "aspemail.dll" file.

2. Click OK.

3. On successful registration, you will get a similar prompt as per screen capture below.

4. Be sure not to delete the .dll in future upgrades or you will get errors. If you must delete a .dll you have to do what you were doing above but enter the command line:

regsvr32 -u c:\theabsolutepathtotheaspemail.dll file

For the uninitiated the "u" means unregister.

5. On most registrations, the ASPEMAIL.DLL file inherits READ/WRITE permissions. However, in some cases you may need to go to the file at the desktop level and assign READ/WRITE permissions.

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