CONFIGURING


Creating an SMTP Connection document
On networks where internal mail travels over IBM® Notes® routing, the SMTP Connection document works in conjunction with a Foreign SMTP Domain document to route messages from non-SMTP servers to an SMTP server that can send messages outside the local Internet domain.

About this task

SMTP Connection documents link the virtual foreign SMTP domain specified in a Foreign SMTP Domain document, to an IBM Domino® SMTP server. For example, an SMTP Connection document might link the virtual domain to the firewall server that routes mail to the Internet. In the SMTP Connection document, you specify the source server (the server that can connect directly to the Internet and route SMTP mail), the destination domain (which must match the Internet domain in the Foreign SMTP Domain document), and the method to use when connecting to the source server (direct or dialup). An SMTP Connection document lets Internet messages travel from a Domino domain to a server that is enabled to use SMTP to route outbound Internet mail.

When the Router receives a message for a recipient outside the local Internet domain, it forwards the message to the domain specified in the Foreign SMTP Domain document. After the message reaches a Domino server that can connect to the Internet, that server establishes a connection with a server in the destination domain and routes the message.

Procedure

1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and then expand the Messaging section.

2. Choose Connections and click Add Connection.

3. On the Basics tab, complete these fields, and then save the document:


4. On the Replication/Routing tab, complete these fields:
5. On the Schedule tab, specify the desired routing schedule.

6. Click Save & Close.

7. Replicate the Domino Directory to all servers in the Domino domain.

Results

The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, recalculate the routing tables on all effected servers.

Related concepts
Configuring Domino to send and receive mail over SMTP

Related tasks
Setting up Notes routing
Specifying how Domino looks up SMTP hosts when sending outbound mail
Setting up SMTP routing to external Internet domains
Creating a Network Dialup connection
Transferring outbound Internet mail to an SMTP server over Notes routing
Recalculating the server's routing table