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Parker16
Sep 07, 2023Copper Contributor
Would an internal relay domain work without Active Directory trust
Hi, I manage an Exchange environment and we are merging with a new company. The requirement is for a new domain to be setup and hosted by ourselves. All users will have this domain but a handful of ...
Parker16
Sep 08, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks Dan. Without that link in place would the connectors in theory work ok over the internet? Once we plug the two together we can then flip these to be private.
I have been testing the forwarding scenarios and having mixed results depending on where the forward is set at gateway or exchange level. Have seen failures when forwarding from Exchange when the originating sending domain has a dmarc policy set to reject.
Appreciate the reply!
Dan_Snape
Sep 10, 2023Iron Contributor
If the domains are set up as "internal relay" or "authoritative" (depending on the scenario) and the send connectors are in place, it should work OK. Are you able to provide more info on why the messages failed authentication?