Configure the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server

You need to configure the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server before you use it correctly for e-mail.

1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand your iSeries server > Network > Servers > TCP/IP.
2. Double-click SMTP. The SMTP Properties dialog box appears.
3. Click the following tabs to set the parameters listed in the following table.

   Click this tab	Then perform the following action
   General	Select Start when TCP/IP is started.
   General	Select No maximum for the Message split size field.
   General	If you have a mail router, enter the name of the mail router, for example, mailrouter.company.com. The mail router name is the server name where SMTP routes the mail if the e-mail is not local mail. See the iSeries Navigator help for more details.
   General	If you have a firewall setup, select Forward outgoing mail to router through firewall.
   General	If you exchange e-mail with Domino® servers, clear the Interpret percent sign as routing character field.
   Automatic Registration	If you are using the SNDDST command to send e-mail and the RCVDST command to receive e-mail, and you are using SNADS addressing instead of internet addressing, select the Automatically add remote users to system distribution directory check box.
   Automatic Registration	If you are using the the SNDDST command to send e-mail and the RCVDST command to receive e-mail, click System alias table in the Add users to field.

4. Click OK to accept the changes.