Microsoft Exchange Server connectors are gateways used to create paths for messages sent outside a site. The following connectors are available with the Microsoft Exchange Server.
Connector | Connects to |
Site Connector | Another Microsoft Exchange Server. |
Dynamic RAS Connector | Another Microsoft Exchange Server. |
X.400 Connector | Another Microsoft Exchange Server or an X.400 system. |
Microsoft Mail Connector | Servers running MS Mail. |
Internet Mail Connector | Another Microsoft Exchange Server or another system using simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP). |
The path a connector uses to send messages outside the site is represented by an address space. The address space identifies the recipient address types and addresses. A connector must have at least one address space.
As shown in the following illustration, Ferguson and Bardell are using the Internet Mail Connector to establish a link to the company's West coast Internet provider. The Internet Mail Connector address space is type SMTP and the address is *.com. The message transfer agent (MTA) uses this Internet Mail Connector to process only SMTP messages addressed to recipients with the .com domain identifier.
For more information about address spaces, see the Microsoft Exchange Server Concepts and Planning Guide and the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide.