Mail flow configuration

ensuring mail can flow properly within your organization may include a variety of items include accepted domain configuration, email address policies, send and receive connectors.

Accepted domain type configuration

Send connectors deliver mail to the next hop

• to internet using DNS MX or smarthost
• to smart host
• edge transport server or some form of anti/spam/anit virus server
• partner mail server with stronger security ,custom email size, etc

No send connector by default to send outside

Mailbox servers by default have implicit invisible send connectors that allow them to communicate with others within the organization based upon the AD site topology.

• for mail to flow outside your organization you must configure a send connector

Creating new send connector

* denote to all domains.  Also can specify a partner fqdn

editing send connector

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DNS settings to allow inbound emails

MX records must be created for nay domain you wish to receive email on.  Transport servers should be prepared to accpet email on that domain.


if multiple companies that accepted mail on exchange server, would need to have record for each one.