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required) and click Next.  
  Select the Hub Transport server with which this connector will be 
associated and click Next. 
  Verify the configuration summary and click New to create the new 
send connector. 
NOTE:  On  completion,  the  GFI  MailEssentials  connector  will  be 
available in the Send Connectors tab and is enabled by default. 
2.  Add  a  „Receive  Connector‟  to  Microsoft  Exchange  server  to 
accept emails from the GFI MailEssentials Machine 
  From  the  Exchange  Management  Shell,  key  in  the  following 
command: 
new-receiveconnector -name "GFI MailEssentials" -
Bindings  "0.0.0.0:25"  -RemoteIPRanges 
"<MailEssentials  IP  Address>"  -AuthMechanism 
"ExternalAuthoritative"  -PermissionGroups 
"ExchangeServers" 
Change  <MailEssentials IP  Address>  with  the  IP  address  of  the 
GFI MailEssentials machine. Example: 
new-receiveconnector -name "GFI MailEssentials" -
Bindings  "0.0.0.0:25"  -RemoteIPRanges 
"192.168.0.1"  -AuthMechanism 
"ExternalAuthoritative"  -PermissionGroups 
"ExchangeServers" 
Step 2: Test your new mail relay server 
Before  installing  GFI  MailEssentials,  verify  that  your  new  mail  relay 
server is working correctly: 
Test SMTP inbound connection via test email 
1. Send an email from an „external‟ account (e.g. Gmail) to an internal 
email address/user. 
2.  Ensure  that  intended  recipient  received  the  test  email  in  the 
respective email client. 
Test SMTP outbound connection via test email 
1. Send  an email from an  „internal‟ email account to an  external 
account (e.g. Gmail) 
2.  Ensure  that  the  intended recipient/external user  received  the  test 
email. 
NOTE: You can also use „Telnet‟ to manually send the test email and 
obtained more troubleshooting information. For more information refer 
to: 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q153/1/19.asp 
4.5.2  Upgrades from earlier version 
If  you  are  currently  using  a  previous  version  of  GFI  MailEssentials 
(versions  9,  10,  11,  12  and  14),  you  can  upgrade  your  current 
installation while at the same time retain all your existing configuration 
settings. 










