Email domains

GFI OneConnect requires the list of your domains to identify emails belonging to your organization. When GFI OneConnect receives an email addressed to one of your domains, it first scans it through the SecurityA service provided by GFI OneConnect that protects your inbound email from viruses, filters out spam and provides mail monitoring features. service according to your organization's configuration. If the email is legitimate, GFI OneConnect redirects the email to your mail server.

There are some important considerations to be made when adding domains to GFI OneConnect:

• The top priority MX Records of protected domains must be configured to point to GFI OneConnect so that inbound emails are first received by GFI OneConnect. For more information refer to Email routing.
• After GFI OneConnect processes an email, it must redirect it to your mail server. Make sure that your firewall and your mail servers accept inbound SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard used by GFI OneGuard for electronic mail (email) transmission. SMTP by default uses TCP port 25. traffic (port 25) from GFI OneConnect. For more information refer to Email routing.
• After applying changes to domain configuration in GFI OneConnect, allow up to 10 minutes for the changes to take effect.
• Incorrect or invalid domain settings can result in delayed, bounced or lost messages.

While setting up GFI OneConnect the first time you will be required to add a domain. Other domains can be added at a later stage from the GFI OneConnect Admin ConsoleA web interface for adminsitrators to manage and configure GFI OneConnect.. To access and configure your account's email domains:

1. Login to GFI OneConnect with an administrator account.
2. From the top-right menu, navigate to Settings > Domains.

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