Connect to Microsoft Exchange Server

Exchange uses Send Connectors to forward email to an external email server. You can add a new Send Connector in the Exchange Management Console.

Send Connector Address Space
The address space defines which email messages will be forwarded to Diafaan SMS Server. In this example the address space is set to gsm.network. This means that all email messages to the domain gsm.network (e.g. +44xxxxxxxx@gsm.network) will be sent through Diafaan SMS Server.

Send Connector Smart Host
In the Network Settings you can specify the location of the Diafaan SMS Server Email Connector. In the picture below the location is set to localhost, the same computer where Exchange is installed. If Diafaan SMS Server is installed on another computer you can enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the computer.

In the installation example in step 3 there is an obvious conflict between Diafaan SMS Server and Exchange. Since both programs are installed on the same computer and both use an SMTP Server on the same SMTP port, one of the SMTP Servers will not work (probably the SMTP Server used by Diafaan SMS Server). To resolve this conflict, the SMTP port in the Email Connector of Diafaan SMS Server should be set to an unused port, for example 26. You can also change the message template to define which parts of the email messages are sent as the SMS message.

The same port number must now be set in the Send Connector in Exchange. Since this is not possible in the Exchange Management Console, you have to do this with a shell command in the Exchange Management Shell:

If you want to use Diafaan SMS Server to forward received SMS messages to email users you can use (one of) the SMTP Server in Exchange. The default SMTP Server in Exchange accepts email from an SMTP Client with basic authentication after TLS encryption is enabled. Diafaan SMS Server can use basic authentication in plain text or over a TLS encrypted connection.

Check to see if Basic Authentication of the SMTP Receive Connector is enabled.

Set the email properties
In the Receive SMS tab page of the Email Connector Properties you can specify what Diafaan SMS Server should do with the received SMS messages. In the example below the SMS message is replied to a previously sent email message (if available).
The email template can be changed here too. The From Address Template can be changed to [from]@gsm.network to allow receivers of the SMS message to reply to the message.

Set the Exchange SMTP Server
If Exchange Server is installed on the same computer as Diafaan SMS Server you can set the server to localhost. If not you have to enter the IP address or Fully qualified Domain Name of the computer where Exchange is installed.

Set the properties to connect to the Exchange SMTP Server
In the advanced properties you can enter the Exchange user name and password. When Exchange Server only accepts email over an TLS encrypted connection you must also set the SMTPClientStartTLS property to True.