CONFIGURING
On networks where internal mail travels over HCL 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 HCL 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:
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.
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.
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