CONFIGURING
Before you begin
Make sure that you have already created the necessary Connection documents. Refer to the information on setting up server-to-server connections later in this topic.
About this task
Default schedule
By default, Connection documents instruct the Router to connect to the destination server to transfer mail every six hours between 8:00 AM and 10:00 PM, or whenever the number of pending messages in MAIL.BOX reaches 5. You can customize the schedule to specify the number of pending messages that trigger routing, as well as the day, time range, and repeat interval for a connection.
Using Connection documents to control routing within a Notes Named Network
You can use Connection documents to restrict routing within a Notes Named Network to a specified schedule. Connection documents apply to both Notes routing and SMTP routing. In the absence of any Connection documents, the Router transfers all mail within a Notes Named Network immediately, except for low-priority messages. If the Router is configured to use both SMTP and Notes routing, it queues messages pending in MAIL.BOX for each protocol separately. Regardless of the schedule, high-priority messages continue to route immediately.
Forcing mail to route to a specific server
To force the server to immediately route all pending mail to another server, use the Route command at the server console.
Routing schedules and low-priority messages
Routing schedules in Connection documents do not apply to low-priority messages. Low-priority messages route only during the configured low-priority mail interval, even among servers in the same Notes named network.
You can configure Domino to designate messages over a certain size as low-priority and send them when the server is less busy.
Procedure
1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
2. Click Connections.
3. Select the Connection document for the server connection you want to configure, and click Edit Connection.
4. Click the Schedule tab, and complete these fields in the Scheduled Connection section:
7. The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the routing configuration.
Example
To route mail immediately 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, create a routing schedule for a 24-hour, 7-day period. Then set routing to begin as soon as MAIL.BOX contains a single pending message. Complete the fields shown in the following tables, and then update the routing configuration to ensure that the new schedule takes effect.
Table 3. Scheduled Connection section of the Connection document
Table 4. Routing section of the Connection document
Related concepts Customizing Notes routing Customizing message transfer Routing mail by priority Controlling message delivery
Related tasks Restricting mail routing based on message size Setting transfer limits Recalculating the server's routing table Routing mail over transient connections Changing the routing cost for a connection
Related reference Route