The Exchange 2000/2003 SMTP connector

About the Exchange 2000/2003 SMTP connector

An SMTP connector for GFI FAXmaker is automatically configured during setup. This SMTP connector is a standard Exchange SMTP connector, pre-configured with the options required by GFI FAXmaker to operate properly. In fact the connector can easily be created manually as described further on in this chapter.

To access the connector do as follows:

NOTE: The exact path to connector properties may differ depending on how you have configured Exchange Server.

Exchange Server 2000

1. Launch Exchange System Manager

2. Navigate to: Administrative Groups ► First Administrative Group ► Routing Group ► First Routing Group ►Connectors

3. Right click on GFI FAXmaker SMTP connector and select Properties

Exchange Server 2003

1. Launch Exchange System Manager and expand the Connectors node

2. Right click on GFI FAXmaker SMTP connector and select Properties

Connector scope

An important setting is the connector scope. To access this option, access the address space tab of the GFI FAXmaker SMTP connector properties. By default, the GFI FAXmaker is configured to send out faxes for its routing group only.

The connector scope controls which messages can travel through this connector and determines the connector's availability to other servers within your organization.

If you select Entire organization then all fax messages from your entire company will go through this connector and will therefore be sent out by the GFI FAXmaker server connected to this connector. Select this option if you have multiple Exchange Servers in your network but want all faxes to be sent by a single GFI FAXmaker server.

If you have an enterprise network with more then 1 Exchange Server in multiple geographical locations, you probably will require several fax servers, and you would use a routing group to control which faxes are sent by this fax server. In this case, select ‘Routing group’ to restrict the connector's use to this routing group.