Title: Not Receiving Generated E-mails
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Not Receiving Generated E-mails

 *  [haydenhancock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haydenhancock/)
 * (@haydenhancock)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/)
 * First, I am not sure if this is the correct place to put this question so I apologize
   if it’s not.
 * I am running Windows Web Sever 2008 R2 on a Hyper-V machine. I was able to install
   WordPress 3.1.1 fine. However, I am not able to receive the generated e-mails.
 * I’ve made posts in the Windows Server forums but most people tend to think it’s
   a WordPress related issue. I personally think it’s a IIS configuration issue.
   It could be both but I am not really sure.
 * Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (Firewall is turned completely off)
    IIS 7.5 WordPress
   3.1.1
 * Any help would be much appreciated!

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 *  [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owendevelopment/)
 * (@owendevelopment)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051130)
 * Seems stupid, but have you checked your spam/junk?
 * By default, all my mails for new WP sites get junked first until I ‘mark as safe’.
 *  Thread Starter [haydenhancock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haydenhancock/)
 * (@haydenhancock)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051169)
 * Yes, I have checked my Spam/Junk folder. I’ve also tried sending to multiple 
   e-mail addresses. Still doesn’t work.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051174)
 * Which generated emails are these?
 *  Thread Starter [haydenhancock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haydenhancock/)
 * (@haydenhancock)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051175)
 * Like the WordPress installation. Also, I use Gravity forms. Those don’t work 
   either.
 * Again, I tend to think it’s some kind of configuration setting in IIS. I disabled
   the firewall just to make sure it wasn’t that which it wasn’t. I don’t think 
   the Hyper-V host should affect sending out e-mails (at least that’s what I’ve
   been told).
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051176)
 * Have a look at [E-mailed_passwords_are_not_being_received](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#E-mailed_passwords_are_not_being_received)
 *  Thread Starter [haydenhancock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haydenhancock/)
 * (@haydenhancock)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051180)
 * Thanks for your reply esmi. I don’t think that will really solve my problem. 
   Yes, I do have an SMTP server (Exchagne 2003) but I am not wanting to use it.
   From my understanding, IIS is supposed to send out e-mails itself without having
   to have an external SMTP connector.

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## Tags

 * [IIS 7.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/iis-7-5/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [haydenhancock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haydenhancock/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-receiving-generated-e-mails/#post-2051180)
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