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Test outbound mail – Google Outbound Services Configuration Guide User Manual

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Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

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To route outbound mail through Outbound Services:

1.

In Exchange Service Manager (ESM), go to Connectors-> Small Business
SMTP Connector on the General tab.

2.

Select “Use DNS to route to each address space on this connector” and click
Apply.

3.

In the Address Space tab, select the default address space of “x”, then click
Modify.

4.

In the Address Space tab, change the address space to your domain name
and click OK.

5.

In Servers->Your Server Name->Protocols->SMTP->Default SMTP Virtual
Server, right click Default SMTP Virtual Server and select Properties to go to
the Properties Page.

6.

In the Delivery tab, click Advanced.

7.

Under Smart Host, enter the following:

outbounds[your system number].obsmtp.com

where

[your system number]

is your system number. To find what system to

use, see “Identify Your System” on page 13.

8.

Click OK twice.

9.

Restart the server by right-clicking the SMTP Virtual Server, selecting Stop,
and then right-clicking the SMTP Virtual Server again and selecting Start.

Test Outbound Mail

Once you have set up your smarthost, test that your configuration is correct and
mail is flowing normally.

Test the configuration

1.

Go to the Queues tab in Internet Mail Service Properties. Items with a retry
state could indicate outbound mail delays.

2.

Send a message from a mail client inside your network to an outside address.
You should see a line in the header email which indicates being received and
delivered by

exprodNobM.obsmtp.com

, where N and M are numbers.

3.

Test inbound mail to confirm normal functionality. Send a message from an
outside email address to an address on your service.

4.

In the Administration Console, select your email config organization and click
the Outbound Servers tab. After a minute of successful mail flow, traffic
should display on the graph.