Document information
| Document ID: | 4630 |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Setting up a smart host in Xeams |
| Creation date: | 12/14/15 4:35 PM |
| Last modified on: | 1/14/22 4:10 PM |
Smart Host
A smart host is a type of mail relay server which allows an SMTP server to route e-mail to an intermediate mail server rather than directly to the recipient's server. It is important to understand that a smart host is only used for outbound emails (where destination is NOT a local domain).
There are two methods of setting up smart host in Xeams; specify ALLDOMAINS in the hosts page or modify the smarthost configuration page.
Method 1: Steps for configuring ALLDOMAINS - Recommended
- Login to Admin Console
- Click Manage Host File under Server Configuration menu
- Add ALLDOMAINS for Domain Name and the IP address
for the smart host. Refer to the image below.
- Note that you could specify hosts names as well as IP addresses. Multiple values can be separated by a comma. Following
is a list of valid values:
192.168.1.150 outbound.yourcompany.com outbound1.yourcompany.com,outbound2.yourcompany.com outbound1.yourcompany.com:587,outbound2.yourcompany.com:587
The last example also contains a port number as 587. When this port is missing, 25 is assumed.
- Click the Add button to save
Refer to Custom Smtp Routing for advance rules.
Method 2: Steps for configuring the Smart Host page in Xeams
- Login to Admin Console
- Click Manage Smart Host under Server Configurationmenu
- Specify host, port, user ID, password and the security type expected by the smart host server. Please note that you can specify a port other than 25.
- Click Save
Note: Method 1 is preferred over this method. Consider using Method 2 only if you need to specify a user id/password
for outbound emails.
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