Delivering Messages
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1
After a connection has been opened and the receiving server has acknowledged that it is ready to receive data, messages can be transmitted for delivery. This section describes the settings that determine how delivery occurs.
This section includes the following information:
Message Delivery Options: Provides an overview of routing, transmission, and security options.
Configuring Retry Attempts and Intervals: Describes how to configure the server for mail that can't be delivered on the first attempt.
Setting the Message Hop Count: Describes how to limit the number of servers a message is allowed to pass through before delivery.
Setting the Masquerade Domain: Describes how to replace a local domain name used in the Mail From lines.
Setting Fully Qualified Domain Names: Describes the concept of fully qualified domain names and how to change them.
Configuring Smart Hosts: Describes how to route all outgoing messages for remote domains through a smart host instead of sending them directly to the domain.
Enabling Reverse DNS Lookup: Describes how to enable reverse DNS lookup.