Default schedule

By default, Connection documents instruct the Router to connect to the destination server to transfer mail every six hours between 8:00 AM and 10:00 PM, or whenever the number of pending messages in MAIL.BOX reaches 5. You can customize the schedule to specify the number of pending messages that trigger routing, as well as the day, time range, and repeat interval for a connection.

Using Connection documents to control routing within a Notes Named Network (NNN)

You can use Connection documents to restrict routing within a NNN to a specified schedule. Connection documents apply to both Notes routing and SMTP routing. In the absence of any Connection documents, the Router transfers all mail within a NNN immediately, except for low-priority messages. If the Router is configured to use both SMTP and Notes routing, it queues messages pending in MAIL.BOX for each protocol separately. Regardless of the schedule, high-priority messages continue to route immediately.

Forcing mail to route to a specific server

To force the server to immediately route all pending mail to another server, use the Route command at the server console.

Routing schedules and low-priority messages

Routing schedules in Connection documents do not apply to low-priority messages. Low-priority messages route only during the configured low-priority mail interval, even among servers in the same Notes named network.

You can configure Domino to designate messages over a certain size as low-priority and send them when the server is less busy.

For information on changing the priority of large messages and scheduling the low-priority mail interval, see the topics Restricting mail routing based on message size and Setting transfer limits.

To schedule Notes routing

1. Make sure that you have already created the necessary Connection documents.

2. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.

3. Click Connections.

4. Select the Connection document for the server connection you want to configure, and click Edit Connection.

5. Click the Schedule tab.

6. Complete these fields in the Scheduled Connection section:

Field	Enter
Schedule	Choose one: Enabled to use this schedule to control connections between the specified servers. Disabled to cause the server to ignore the schedule.
Connect at times	One or more time ranges and/or specific times when you want mail routing to occur each day -- for example, 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM.
Repeat interval	The number of minutes between routing attempts; the default is 360 minutes.
Days of week	The days of the week when the server should use this schedule and route mail. The default is to use this connection for each day of the week.

7. Click the Replication/Routing tab.

8. Complete these fields in the Routing section, and then click Save & Close:

Field	Enter
Routing task	Choose one or more: Mail Routing - (default) Enables Notes mail routing between the servers X400 Mail Routing - Enables routing of X.400 mail between servers in a system with an X.400 Message Transfer Agent SMTP Mail Routing - Enables routing of Internet mail to a server that can connect to the Internet ccMail Routing - Enables routing of cc:Mail mail between servers in a system with a cc:Mail Message Transfer Agent None - The Connection document is not used to route mail between the servers
Route at once	The number of normal-priority messages that accumulate before the server routes mail. The default is 5.
Routing cost	The relative cost of this server connection. Do not modify this cost unless you are an experienced Domino administrator.
Router type	How Domino routes mail between the servers.

9. The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the routing configuration.

For information on Router types, see the topic Routing mail over transient connections.

See also

Customizing Notes routing
Customizing message transfer
Changing the routing cost for a connection
Setting transfer limits
Routing mail by priority
Example: Scheduling immediate 24 x 7 routing
Controlling message delivery

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