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Connection from: [x] Office 365  
Connection to:   [x] Partner organization

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Connector name

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This connector enforces routing and security restritions for email messages sent 
from Office 365 to your partner organization or service provider.
Name: RealSender
What do you want to do after connector is saved?
[x] Turn it on

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Use of connector

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Specify when you want to use this connector.
[x] Only when I have a transport rule set up that redirects messages to this connector

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Routing

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How do you want to route email messages?
Specify one or more smart hosts to which Office 365 will deliver email messages. 
A smart host is an alternative server and can be identified by using a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or an IP address.
[x] Route email through these smart host
    rsxxx.realsender.com   [+]

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Security restrictions

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How should Office 365 connect to your partner organization's email server?
[x] Always use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to secure the connection (recommended)
    Connect only if the recipient's email server certificate matches this criteria
    [x] Issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA)

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Validation email

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Specify an email address for an active mailbox that's on your partner domain. 
You can add multiple addresses if your partner organization has more than one domain.
yourname@yourdomain.com [+]
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Validation successful

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[Validate]
    Validation in progress...
    Validation successful
    >   Task                                            Status
    >   Check connectivity to 'rsxxx.realsender.com'    Succeeded
    >   Send test email                                 Succeeded

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Review connector

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Mail flow scenario
From: Office 365
To: Partner organization

Name
RealSender
Status
Turn it on after saving

Use of connector
Use only when I have a transport rule set up that redirects messages to this connector.

Routing
Route email messages through these smart hosts: ‎rsxxx.realsender.com‎

Security restrictions
Always use Transport Layer Security ‎(TLS)‎ and connect only if the recipient’s 
email server certificate is issued by a trusted certificate authority ‎(CA)‎.

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