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XIMS: Rerouting SMTP Mail to Another Organization


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Summary

This article explains how to set up the Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Service to reroute SMTP message to different Exchange Organizations using the SMTP protocol.

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Scenario

Two Exchange Organizations on the same segment:
Org1: Microsoft (domain: Microsoft.com) (Site:abc) (Server:123)
Org2: Microsoft-Europe (domain: Microsoft-Europe.com and Microsoft-Africa.com) (Site:def) (Server:456)
MX records for all domains are pointing to the Exchange Server (Microsoft)

Configuration

1.On the Microsoft-Europe Organization, open the Internet Mail Service Properties page, and on the Routing tab, remove the Microsoft.com domain.
2.Keep the Microsoft-Europe.com and Microsoft-Africa.com domains as inbound.
3.Stop and re-start the Internet Mail Service.
4.On the Microsoft Organization, open the Internet Mail Service Properties page, and on the Routing tab, remove all domains except Microsoft.com; keep Microsoft.com as inbound only.
5.Go to the Connections tab, and under Message Delivery, click E-mail Domain. In the Forward all messages for this domain to host box, add the Microsoft-Europe.com and Microsoft-Africa.com domains, and enter the IP of the Microsoft-Europe mail server.
6.Stop and re-start the Internet Mail Service.
7.Make sure that either Domain Name System (DNS) is configured with correct host records, or use the Hosts file for proper hostname resolution.

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Keywords: KB201127, kbhowto

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Article Info
Article ID : 201127
Revision : 6
Created on : 10/28/2006
Published on : 10/28/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 270