MAIL
SMTP Connection documents link the virtual foreign SMTP domain specified in a Foreign SMTP Domain document, to an IBM® Lotus® Domino® SMTP server. For example, an SMTP Connection document might link the virtual domain TheInternet 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.
To create an SMTP Connection document
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.
For information about creating a Network Dialup Connection document, see the topic Creating a Network Dialup connection.
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. Replicate the Domino Directory to all servers in the Domino domain.