SMTP delivery options determine how mail is delivered once a connection has been established and the receiving computer has acknowledged that it's ready to receive the data transfer. This section shows you how to use the configuration options that determine how message delivery and transfer occurs.

You can set the following options to control message delivery:

• Routing within the Organisation
• Outbound retry intervals
• Outbound and local delay notification
• Outbound and local expiration time-out values
• Message hop count
• Domain name options
• Reverse DNS lookups
• External DNS server lists
• Configuring Outgoing Connections
• Managing Messaging Limits for SMTP
• Handling Non-delivery, Bad Mail, and Unresolved Recipients
• Setting and Removing Relay Restrictions

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server