Exchange Server 2010: How to Create a Smarthost

Overview 

What you’ll need:

1. A Paubox Account
2. Access to your organization's Exchange Management Console
3. The smarthost value - provided by Paubox during setup

Additional Considerations / Pre-requisites:

1. Public IP: Paubox will need your exchange server's public IP address in order to accept the connection and your organization's email
2. DNS: You will need to update your DNS/TXT records in advance to include Paubox

Instructions 

To setup Paubox Encrypted Email for Exchange 2010, you’ll need to create a Smarthost using the Exchange Management Console.

After the smarthost is created, you don’t need to restart any services or reboot. The changes take effect immediately.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Open the Exchange Management Console (EMC) as administrator.
2. The console tree is the pane on the left. Use the console tree to navigate to Microsoft Exchange On-Premises -> Organization Configuration -> Hub Transport.
3. On the right hand side, you should see the hub transport options.Click on the Send Connectors tab.
4. Right click on your existing send connector and click Properties. Next click the Create Filter button. The send connectors properties window will pop up.
5. Click on the Network tab and enter the provided smarthost value as the smarthost. 
6. Click Ok and you’re ready to go. 

SEE RELATED: Create a Smarthost on Exchange 2007

SEE RELATED: Setup Paubox with Microsoft Exchange?

You can learn more about the Exchange Management Console here.