In addition to having a primary Internet domain, some organizations use alternate Internet domain names. If your organization uses more than one Internet domain name, you'll want Domino to consider other domain suffixes as local. Using multiple Internet domain names typically results when:

• An organization changes names
• An organization acquires or merges with another company that already has an existing Internet domain name, and users continue to use the other Internet domain in their addresses
• You set up a mail topology to route messages addressed to other subsidiaries through your firewall before routing the messages to the Internet or another private network
• You set up a mail topology specifically to include more than one Internet domain name

You must ensure that the DNS is set up to include all the Internet domain names that your company uses.

To create a Global Domain document

1. Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document for the server(s) to be configured. For Domino Release 5 and greater servers, a Configuration Settings document is required to set up SMTP routing.

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

3. Choose Domains, and then click Add Domain.

4. On the Basics tab, complete these fields:

Field	Enter
Domain type	Choose Global Domain
Global domain name	(Optional) A word or phrase that describes the domain. Never use the name of an existing domain for your Global Domain
Global domain role	Choose one: R5 Internet Domain - For Domino Release 5 and greater SMTP servers. R4.x SMTP MTA - For Domino servers that use the SMTP MTA to send Internet mail.

5. Click the Restrictions tab and complete this field:

Field	Enter
Domino domains and aliases	The Domino domain name and aliases. Domino uses the domain name and aliases when accepting mail from the alternate domains listed in the Global Domain document.

6. Click the Conversions tab, complete these fields, and then save the document:

Field	Enter
Local primary Internet domain	The primary Internet domain name that your company uses to represent themselves to the outside world -- for example, another.com.
Alternate Internet domain aliases	Additional Internet domain names that your company uses -- for example, still.another.com, yet.another.com, have.another.com, and so on. Use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard to represent the names of subdomains. Wildcard use is valid only if the wildcard character appears as the first character of a given entry and represents an entire subdomain name, for example: the entry *.another.com indicates that Domino treats any subdomain of "another.com" as a local domain. Entries that use wildcards in any other way are considered invalid, including: Using a wildcard in any position other than as a leading character in the entry. For example, the entries another.*, and still.*.com are not valid. Using a wildcard on its own to represent an entire domain suffix. For example, the entry * is not valid. Using a wildcard to represent a portion of a name only. For example, the entries *other.com and *ill.another.com are not valid.

These fields represent the only ones you must complete if you are using the Global Domain document solely for the purpose of defining the internal Internet domains in an organization running Domino Release 5 and greater.

If a Domino server uses ETRN to pull mail for multiple Internet domains from another mail host, you can set up the Connection document to that host to request mail for alternate Internet domains.

See also

Enabling a server to receive mail sent over SMTP routing
Setting up how addresses are resolved on inbound and outbound mail
The Domain Name System (DNS) and SMTP mail routing
Planning a mail routing topology
The Global domain document
How Domino uses Global domain documents during inbound and outbound SMTP routing
Changing the default format for constructing the sender's Internet address on outbound mail
How Domino formats the sender's Internet address in outbound messages

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