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
- From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab
and then expand the Messaging section.
- Choose Connections and click Add
Connection.
- On the Basics tab, complete these
fields, and then save the document:
Table 1. Basics
Tab Fields
Field |
Enter |
Connection type |
SMTP |
Source server |
The name of the SMTP-enabled server where non-SMTP
servers send mail destined for the Internet domains specified in the
Foreign SMTP domain document. This server must have access to DNS
and have SMTP enabled for sending messages outside the local Internet
domain. |
Connect via |
Choose one:
- Direct connection - For servers that communicate over LAN connections
- Dial-up connection - For servers that communicate over transient
connections, such remote LAN connections. If you select this option,
Domino displays the field Dial using connection record.
|
Dial using connection record |
Specifies the Network Dialup Connection document
containing the dialup settings for connecting to the SMTP server specified
in the Source server field. This field appears only if you selected Dial-up
connection in the preceding field. Click Choose
record, to select a Network Dialup Connection document
(remote LAN service connection record) from the list of previously
created Network Dialup Connection documents. See the related
topics for information about creating a Network Dialup Connection
document. |
Destination server |
A unique, fictitious, placeholder name -- such
as, all_internal_hosts. Domino does not use the value in this field,
but the Connection document will not work if the field is empty. The
name you specify must not match the name of any server on the network. |
Destination domain |
The fictitious, logical domain name specified
in the Internet Domain name field of the corresponding Foreign SMTP
domain document. The name in this field links this SMTP connection
document with the Foreign SMTP Domain document. |
SMTP MTA relay host |
Specifies the SMTP host to which the source
server transfers outbound mail. This allows a SMTP server to further
split Internet destinations and configure multiple relays. If
this field is blank, the Router transfers outbound mail to the relay
host specified in the server's Configuration Settings document. If
there is no relay host specified in either this field or in the Configuration
Settings document, the Router determines the next hop by looking up
the destination domain in the DNS or a local hosts file, depending
on the value of Host name resolution field
on the Router/SMTP- Basics tab of the Configuration
Settings document. |
- On the Replication/Routing tab,
complete these fields:
Table 2. Replication/Routing
tab fields
Field |
Enter |
Replication task |
Disabled |
Routing task |
Choose Mail Routing.
Because the same routing task is responsible for transferring messages
over NRPC and SMTP, there's no need to specify SMTP routing. The source
server must have SMTP routing enabled in its Server document; otherwise,
the Router discards the information in the SMTP Connection document. |
Route at once if |
The number of pending messages that will force
routing. Default is 5. |
- On the Schedule tab, specify the
desired routing schedule.
- Click Save & Close.
- 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.