Enabling basic SMTP authentication for Microsoft Exchange

You should enable basic SMTP authentication to make sure that the IBM® Content Collector SMTP Connector accepts only authenticated journal email and rejects all other email.

About this task

In the IBM Content Collector Configuration Manager, enable SMTP authentication and define a user ID and password. To do so, switch to the Connectors view, select SMTP, and select Enable SMTP authentication.

Procedure

To configure SMTP authentication in Microsoft Exchange:

  1. In the Exchange Management Console, navigate to Organization Configuration > Hub Transport.
  2. Select the Send Connectors tab.
  3. Select the send connector that you created and click Properties.
  4. On the Network tab, select the smart host that you created and click Change.
  5. In the Configure Smart Host Authentication Settings window, select Basic Authentication.
  6. Make sure that Basic Authentication over TLS is not selected.
    The SMTP Receiver does not support authentication over TLS. However, if the mail server uses a TLS connection to connect to the SMTP Receiver, there is no need to encrypt the authentication.
  7. Enter the user ID and password that you defined in the Content Collector Configuration Manager.