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Urs01
Jan 05, 2024Copper Contributor
Exchange Routing Problem - Edge server with scoped connector
We have 2 Exchange Server 2016 in AD-Site A with a send connector to the internet (not scoped) with adress space * We have 2 Exchange Server 2019 in AD-Site B with 2 Edge Servers. We have a created ...
- Jan 09, 2024
By design, this is the intended behavior.
When selecting a Send connector, Exchange always prefers the most specific (scoped to a specific domain) Send connector.
This is due to Exchange's routing behavior, where scoped Send connectors are given higher priority.
TAE_YOUN_ANN
Jan 08, 2024MVP
Check the priorities of your connectors!
Connector priority determines the order in which connectors are used to route messages.
- Urs01Jan 08, 2024Copper ContributorI can't see any priorities, do you mean the cost value on the addressspace on the connector?
- TAE_YOUN_ANNJan 08, 2024MVPBelow view command.
AddressSpaces is value "1","2".
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-SendConnector
Identity AddressSpaces Enabled
-------- ------------- -------
SMTP {SMTP:*;1} True
contoso.local {SMTP:contoso.local;2} True- Urs01Jan 08, 2024Copper Contributor
It didn't help. Exchange always seems to take the most specific send connector and doesn't take into account cost or "scoped send connector"