SMTP Connectors and Internet E-Mail

Both Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 support SMTP connectors, and either version can route messaging traffic to a connector housed on the other version. However, during this interversion communication, some version-specific settings are ignored and can possibly cause problems. Table 7-1 lists each SMTP connector feature for which there are version differences so that you can be prepared for these possible problems.

Table 7-1. SMTP Connector Features and Administration

SMTP connector feature

Version support

Comment

Connector scope

2003, 2007

Unless you have introduced further restrictions, in Exchange Server 2003, servers in a particular routing group are the only computers able to make use of that routing ...

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