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December 29, 2012 |
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By default, with Exchange Server
2010, you can only send and receive emails to
mailboxes from the same organization. However, if
you want to send emails to the external world, then you will need to create a send
connector.
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Exchange 2010 transport servers
require Send Connectors to deliver messages to the next
hop on the way to their destination
The Send Connector is created only
on the Hub Transport or Edge Server role. Send
connectors that are created on Hub Transport servers are
stored in Active Directory and are available to all Hub
Transport servers in the organization. If a Send
connector is configured to send messages to an external
domain, any Hub Transport server in the organization
will route a message for that domain to a source server
for that connector to be relayed to the destination
domain.
I have a
typical Exchange Server installation, that consist of
the Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox server
roles, along with the Exchange Management Console on a
single server. So I will be creating the Send Connector
on the Hub Transport.
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Open
Exchange Server Management Console and Expand the
Organization Configuration node
from the left side pane

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Click on Hub Transport, and then
click on the Send Connectors Tab
As you can see, by default there is no Send
Connectors available.

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To create a new Send Connector,
you will need either to :
Right click on Hub Transport
and select New Send Connector...

Or under the Send Connectors Tab, right click any
empty area and select New Send Connector...

Or from the right side pane, under Actions, click on
New Send Connector...

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The New Send Connector wizard
will open, on the Introduction page, you will need
to give the Send Connector a name and then select
its type.

The usage type determines the default permission
sets assigned on the connector and grants those
permissions to trusted security principals.
The following usage types are available:
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Custom :
Select this option to create a
customized connector to connect with
systems that aren't servers running
Exchange 2010.
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Internal :
Internal Send connectors
send e-mail to servers in your Exchange
organization. This connector is
configured to route e-mail to your
internal Exchange servers as smart
hosts.
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Internet :
Internet Send connectors send e-mail to
the Internet. This connector is
configured to use Domain Name System
(DNS) MX records to route e-mail.
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Partner :
Partner Send connectors send e-mail to
partner domains. This connector is
configured to only allow connections to
servers that authenticate with Transport
Layer Security (TLS) certificates for
SMTP domains included in the list of
domain-secured domains. You can add
domains to this list by using the
TLSSendDomainSecureList parameter in the
Set-TransportConfig command.
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I will be creating an Internet Send
Connector, so I will select the type as
Internet

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On the Address Space page,
click Add

The following are valid entries for the SMTP
address space of a Send connector:
* : All domains that don't
have an explicit address space entry on another Send
connector entry or that aren't an included subdomain
of an address space on another Send connector.
elmajdal.net : All recipients with
e-mail addresses in the elmajdal.net domain.
*.elmajdal.net : All recipients
with e-mail addresses in the elmajdal.net domain or
any subdomain of elmajdal.net. In the EMC, select
Include all subdomains to set this configuration.

So to send to ALL Other Domains, type
* then click OK

The filled address space will be
displayed, click Next

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On the Network Settings page,
select Use domain name system (DNS) "MX" records to
route mail automatically
Or,
If you have a smart host, for example you have a
Barracuda anti spam , you can select the option
Route
mail through the following smart hosts and then
click on Add and fill the IP address of the smart
host.


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On the Source Server page, your
Hub Transport Sever will be automatically selected.
If you need to select any other server , then click
on Add and make your selection.


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The Configuration summary will
be displayed. Review it and if you need to make any
changes then click Back and adjust the required
configuration, else click NEW to start creating the
new Send Connector

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The wizard will be completed ,
click Finish

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The Send Connector will be
displayed.

You can right click on it and then click on
Properties, and do any changes you need
later if needed.

Now open Outlook Web App (OWA) and try to send an
email to an external domain,
you will find out that the email will be sent
successfully.
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