Email Security: How to configure a smart host in MS Exchange 2010

Email Security: How to configure a smart host in MS Exchange 2010

 These components should be installed in MS Exchange 2010 

• Mailbox Role
• Client Access Role
• Hub Transport Role

Configuring Exchange 2010 to use a Smart Host when sending emails:

• Open the Exchange Management Console

• Once loaded, expand the options on the left hand side of the management console window.
  
• Expand “Organization Configuration” and select “Hub Transport”

1. Right-click the container Hub Transport and select the item New Send connections

2. Specify a smart host name, choose type Custom and click Next

3. Type * in the field Address, leave the default Cost value (1). Check the option Include all subdomains and click OK

• Once the send connector is added , Right click your existing send connector, and select “Properties”

• The send connectors properties window will pop up
• Click on the “Network” tab at the top of the properties window.
• You have two options here for methods of sending emails. The first is to use the DNS system to route emails, and the second is to send emails via a smart host
• Select the “Route mail through the following smart hosts” option.

• Once selected, the “Add” button and the Smart host listing section will become enabled
• Click “Add”
• And then Add ES private IP address as smarthost

  EXAMPLE: ES ip : 192.168.10.10

• Once done, press “OK”.
• This will take you back to the previous screen, and your newly added smart host should now appear in the Smart Host listing.
• You can add more than one smart host if needed.
• Select authentication as needed “none” , “basic authentication” or “TLS”
• Click the “OK” button at the bottom of the send connector properties windows to apply the changes
• All outgoing emails that would go through that send connector will now go out via the specified smart host on port 25