title: SMTP local server in windows 7? (running IIS7)
body: <p>I'm trying to send a mail via python code via local SMTP server (localhost, port 25) in Windows 7 Enterprise edition. I'm obviously getting the irritating 
  <code>[Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it</code> 
  message, because I don't have any SMTP server installed. Because of Microsofts' ambigious documentation I thought that I can use the <code>Server manager</code> tool to install the local SMTP service, only to discover that it doesn't work on Windows 7.</p>
  
  <p>I've read here in other threads that Windows 7 does not include the SMTP service anymore, so it doesn't have a local SMTP server. All threads directed the questioners to other, 3rd party SMTP services. The question is: is there any other way of configuring a local SMTP server yet? Or is it still an open issue, and I have no choice but to use a 3rd party software?</p>