Domain documents
Domain documents define the domains used in mail routing. The following documents are discussed here: Adjacent domain document

Create an Adjacent domain document when you need to restrict the transfer of mail from one adjacent domain to another. The Adjacent domain document is one of the documents you create to set up Notes routing when the servers are not in the same Notes named network. Create an Adjacent domain document only if you need to specify restrictions. This document applies restrictions to messages routing from the Notes network to the adjacent domain. To prevent your servers from being used to transfer mail between other domains, you can selectively allow and deny mail routing through your domain to the domain named in the Adjacent domain document.

For more information on how to create an Adjacent domain document, see Creating an Adjacent domain document.

Non-adjacent domain document

Create a Non-adjacent domain document to control message routing to a non-adjacent domain. Non-adjacent domain documents serve three functions:


The Non-adjacent Domain document is used to specify a path between servers in two Notes domains that are connected by an adjacent domain. Create two Non-adjacent domain documents, one for each domain that is connecting to the intermediary domain.

For more information on Non-adjacent domain documents, see Creating a Non-adjacent domain document.

Foreign Domain document

Create a Foreign domain document to define the path between a Domino domain and an external application, such as a fax or pager gateway. A Foreign domain document identifies the Domino server that acts as the gateway to the external application.

Domino treats external messaging applications, such as fax or pager gateways, as foreign domains. To route mail from a Domino domain to an external application, create a Foreign domain document. This document can be modified.

For more information on creating a Foreign Domain document, see Setting up routing to external application gateways

Foreign SMTP domain document

A Foreign SMTP domain document provides servers that don't use SMTP routing and which do not have access to DNS with the next hop information required to route Internet mail. You can also use Foreign SMTP domain documents with servers that route mail over SMTP to configure different routing paths for mail sent to different destinations.

For more information on the Foreign SMTP domain document, see Transferring outbound Internet mail to an SMTP server over Notes routing.

Global domain document

A Global domain document identifies the Internet domains that are considered to be internal to a Domino domain and for which the local domain can accept mail. In the In this document, you specify one primary Internet domain name and multiple alternate Internet domains for which the server accepts mail. The Global domain document also defines rules for converting the sender's Notes mail address on an outbound SMTP message to an Internet address. If your organization uses more than one Internet domain name, create a Global domain document to define the various Internet domain names to which inbound mail might be addressed. By default, the Domino Directory does not contain a Global domain document.

For more information on the Global Domain document, see Setting up a server to receive mail for multiple Internet domains .