Exchange Server 2013: How to Create a Smarthost

Overview 

What you’ll need:

1. A Paubox Account
2. Access to your organization's Exchange Management Console

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 2013, you’ll need to create a Smarthost using the Exchange Admin Center.

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. Login to your Exchange Admin Center.
2. Select mail flow from the side bar on the left.
3. Select send connectors from the options at the top.
4. Click on the pencil icon (edit button).
5. Select delivery from the side bar.
6. Select the option Route mail through smart hosts.
7. Click on the plus symbol to add a smarthost.
8. Type in outbound.paubox.com and click save.
9. Click save again and you're ready to go. 

SEE RELATED: Create a Smarthost on Exchange 2010

SEE RELATED: Setup Paubox with Microsoft Exchange