Manage Smart Hosts
- Click 'SMTP' > 'Domains' > 'Smart Hosts' to open the smart hosts screen.
- Smart hosts are intermediate servers that receive mail and, after applying their own policy, forward them to end user mail boxes.
- Smart hosts require sender-authentication to verify that they have permission to send mails.
- This is different to an open mail relay that will forward mails directly to the recipient server without authentication.
- Please note that a domain added to 'Managed Domains' cannot be used for smart host routing.
- The interface also allows you to configure default domain routing. This applies to 'Managed Domains' whose routing has not been configured. See 'Default Domain Routing' section for more details.
Smart Hosts – Table of Column Descriptions |
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Column Header |
Description |
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Domain Name |
The name of the domain added to Secure Email Gateway. |
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Host Name or IP Address |
Host Name or IP address of the 'Smart Host'. |
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Port |
The port number to which the Secure Email Gateway should forward the mail. |
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Action |
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To route the domain to a 'Smart Host', click this button after entering all the routing details. |
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Allows you to delete a domain 'Smart Host' route from the list. |
The interface allow administrators to:
Configure smart host route for domains
- Enter the domain whose mail you wish to route to a Smart Host in the 'Domain Name' column
- Enter the host name or IP address of the 'Smart Host' you wish to use for that domain
- Add the port number to which Secure Email Gateway should forward the mail
- To add the 'Smart Host' route to the list, click the button under the 'Action' column header.
Delete 'Smart Host' route for domains
- To delete 'Smart Host' routes one at a time, click the button under the 'Action' column header and confirm the deletion in 'Confirmation' dialog.
- To delete 'Smart Host' routes, select the check boxes beside them and click the 'Delete' button at the bottom.
- Click 'OK' to confirm the deletion of the selected 'Smart Host' routes
Export 'Smart Host' routes list for domains
- Click the 'Export' link at the bottom of the screen
- Click 'OK' to download and save the 'Smart Host' routes list as a text file to your system.