Configuring The Email Gateway To Send Failure Notifications; Preparing Your Smtp Mail Server Or Agent - Castelle Enterprise Redundant Getting Started Manual

Configuring the Email Gateway to Send Failure Notifications

One of the FaxPress Enterprise Redundant's Email Gateway options must be configured for the Enterprise
Redundant to be able to e-mail network connection and hard disk failure and reconstruction notifications. The
information in this section addresses configuring the Email Gateway for Generic SMTP option. See the
FaxPress Enterprise Email Gateways Guide
Before starting the Email Gateway for Generic SMTP configuration, make sure your network:
• Has at least one FaxPress Enterprise Redundant server installed and operational.
• Is running an SMTP email server or agent (for example, GroupWise or Exchange).

Preparing your SMTP Mail Server or Agent

For your mail server and the Email Gateway to exchange information across the network, the Gateway must
be able to accept mail for a subdomain within the network –
To do this, your SMTP mail server must also be able to determine where to send messages addressed to the
Email Gateway for Generic SMTP, generally by using one of two methods:
• DNS Lookup
• Forward to an SMTP mail server
DNS Lookup
If your company's SMTP mail server uses DNS lookup, enter an MX (mail exchange) record for the Email
Gateway in the DNS database.
Forward to a Mail Server
Sometimes an SMTP mail server is configured to allow a different SMTP server (for example, your ISP's) to
handle DNS lookup. In this case, you will need to make sure that the DNS server used by the final SMTP mail
server can make the correct MX lookup. Some mail servers can also be configured to forward to specified
hosts if certain domains are addressed.
Some mail systems will also look at their local host table to determine where to send mail before they perform
a DNS lookup. If this is the case, it is not necessary to enter an MX record in DNS for the Email Gateway.
DNS Configuration Options
DNS configuration will depend on the way your network is set up. Configure your DNS lookup and name
resolution by referring to the following information:
If your mail server is configured to perform DNS lookup and name resolution on your own internal DNS
server, you'll need to create two entries: an
Redundant running the Email Gateway, and an
Redundant server running the Email Gateway and the Email Gateway service alias name.
Configuring the Email Gateway to Send Failure Notifications
for information on alternative email gateway options.
fax.company.com
record with the name and IP address of the Enterprise
A
record with the name of the FaxPress Enterprise
MX
, for example.
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