How do I test an ASP script?

What is the usual way for testing an ASP script offline that will send form-data to an email address?

Do I have to run a mail-server program (smtp?) or something similar, and where would I put the script - in the route folder containing the html files or somewhere else?

Regards...

Any answers..?

read this:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp

Many thanks for that.

Went to the link and found that I could test or run an ASP script locally if I download and install either Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Services - IIS.

I opted for the instructions for IIS.

These are the instructions that I cut'n'pasted for those with Windows-XP Pro':

[Note: You cannot run ASP on Windows XP Home Edition.

1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive
2. From your Start Button, go to Settings, and Control Panel
3. In the Control Panel window select Add/Remove Programs
4. In the Add/Remove window select Add/Remove Windows Components
5. In the Wizard window check Internet Information Services, click OK
6. An Inetpub folder will be created on your harddrive
7. Open the Inetpub folder, and find a folder named wwwroot
8. Create a new folder, like "MyWeb", under wwwroot.
9. Use a text editor to write some ASP code, save the file as "test1.asp" in the "MyWeb" folder
10. Make sure your Web server is running - its status can be checked by going into the Control Panel, then Administrative Tools, and double-click the "IIS Manager" icon
11. Open your browser and type in "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page]
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