1. In Exchange System Manager, click the virtual server that you want to configure.
2. On the Action menu, click Properties.
3. Click the Delivery tab, and then click Outbound Connections.
4. In the Outbound Connections dialog box, click to select the Limit connections to check box, and then type a value for the maximum outbound connections.
   By default, the time-out time is set to 600 minutes. Type a new value if you want to change the default value.
5. Click to select the Limit connections per domain to check box, and then type a value for the number of connections that you want to allow for each domain.
6. Click OK and then click OK again to close the virtual server properties.

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server