Prerequisites:

1. Installed Domino Server(9.0 )
2. Notes client (9.0) with users set up on the above Domino Server
3. Installed Exchange Server (2010)
4. Outlook 2010 with domain and users set up on the above Exchange Server.
5. Domino Administrator
6. Administrator access to the machines with the above configurations.

Setup: Interoperability between Outlook and Exchange Server

SMTP Settings

To begin we first need to enable SMTP settings in Domino Server. Log in to Domino Administrator with Administrator user login.

1. In the navigation, select Configuration → Server Document
2. Update the following fields(shown in figure 1) :

Figure 1


3. Next, select Configurations from the left hand Navigator. If a default Configuration exists for your server click on Edit Configuration else click on “Add Configuration” from the top menu.

4. In the Configurations Settings dialog, click on tab → Router/SMTP

5. In the field “SMTP used when sending messages outside”set the field value to “Enabled” (shown in Figure 2).

Figure 2



6. Next, click the Restrictions and Controls tab and select the SMTP Inbound Controls sub-tab.

7. Update the field: “Allow mail only from” to value “*” as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3


8. Click “Save & Close” to save your changes.


9. Select “Messaging” from Left hand Navigator Menu as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4



10. Select Domains → Add Domain, then select Domain Type: Foreign SMTP Domain as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5


11. Add the domain and FQDN of the Exchange Server.

Figure 6


12. Again, click Add Domain to add a Global Domain. Set the following options as shown in Figure 7:

◦ Domain Type: Global Domain
◦ Domain Name: Give any name to the global domain.
◦ Global Domain Role: Select option R5/R6/R7/R8 Internet Domains.

Figure 7


13. Next, select the tab Conversions, and update the following fields as shown in Figure 8:
Local Primary Internet Domains: Domain of the server
Alternate Internet domain aliases: Internet domain

Figure 8

14. Click on Save and Close to save the changes.

Creating an SMTP Account

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To create a SMTP Account login to your Notes Client and follow these steps:

1. Open Notes Client
2. Go to Contacts → Advanced
3. Click New-> Account
4. Update the following fields as shown in Figure 9.
◦ Account Name : Give a name to your account
◦ Server Name: Provide the name of the server
◦ Protocol: Select SMTP
◦ Only from Location: Select “*”

Figure 9

Settings in Host file

To make sure that the messages are directed correctly, it is important that the Host file is updated with the FQDN of both the Domino as well as Exchange Server along with the Outlook FQDN.

On the Domino Server machine, update the Host file with the following information :

Domino Server details	IP Address	FQDN	Server Name
Outlook details	IP Address	FQDN
Exchange Server details	IP Address	FQDN	Server Name

The format in the host file should be as follows (Figure 10):

Figure 10

Enabling SMTP settings in Outlook/Exchange server

To route mail from Outlook, a n ew SMTP Send connector must be created. This lets Microsoft Exchange know where to send messages that are destined for the Domino domain.

1. In the Actions pane->Hub Transport, click New Send Connector.

2. In the New SMTP Send Connector dialog box, type a name in the Name box.

3. In the Select the intended use for this Send connector list, click Custom, and then click Next.

4. Under Address space, click Add.

5. In the Domain box, type domino domain name.

6. Click OK, and then click Next.

7. Under Network settings, click Use domain name system (DNS) "MX" records to route mail automatically, and then click Next.

 

 

Add a New Receive Connector

 

 1. In the Actions pane click New Receive Connector.

2. In the New SMTP Receive Connector dialog box, type a name in the Name box.

3. In the Select the intended use for this Send connector list, click Custom, and then click Next.

4. Under Local Network settings, click Add, type the IP address that you want the server to use to receive Domino messages. Click OK.

5. In the Specify the FQDN this connector will provide in response , type the FQDN of the exchange server.

6. Click Next.

7. Review the items that appear under Completion, and then click Finish. 

 

 

Configure Receive Connector

 

 Next, configure the receive connector

1. Right-click the new SMTP Receive connector, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Permission Groups tab.

3. Click to select the following check boxes.

 

4. Click the Authentication tab, click to select the Externally Secured [for example, with IPsec] check box, and then click OK.

 

Outlook setup is now complete. Restart all the machines for the changes to be effective.

When the machines have started, send a mail from Outlook to Notes. The Notes user should receive the mail successfully. Now have the Notes user reply back to that mail. The reply should be successfully received by the Outlook user.

As a Notes user, create a Calendar invite with invitee as the Outlook user. The Outlook user should receive the icalendar invite successfully. Accept the invite as the Outlook user, and the Notes user should receive the notice.

Things to Note :
Make sure that the ip addresses of the machines/VMs where server are hosted are static.

Because there are settings done at server's based on the ip addresses, dynamic ip addresses lead to issues in the set up.

Conclusion:

To conclude, using the SMTP settings on Domino server and Exchange servers respectively, the routing between Notes and Outlook is enabled.

About the Author:

Hina Purohit is a Software Engineer working in Pune, India Software Lab of IBM. Hina has been a testing engineer on the Lotus Notes Client PIM team since December 2012. You can reach Hina at hina.purohit@in.ibm.com.