I have been using the Codeplex solution Smtp4Dev for many years and have always wished there was a windows service version of this application available instead of having the application running in the background.

I rebuilt the application as a windows service and I am releasing it here for anyone to use.

Run the setup.exe to install the application and register the service.

Once installed the following steps need to be performed:

• navigate to c:\Program Files (x86)\smtp4devsvc\smtp4devsvc\
• open for editing the file named : Smtp4DevSvc.exe.config (Notepad needs to be run as administrator)
  • this xml file contains the settings for the service’s behavior
• the DefaultStorePath setting is the path on your local drive (or UNC path) where the email messages will be stored as they come in. As a windows service, there is no interface to display the messages in.
• The other values should be left as default.
• Save the configuration xml file
• go to the services management console and start the Smtp4DevSvc service.

It is set to start automatically on future starts.

Source Code

Installation File