
Configuring the Hub Transport Server as an Edge Transport Server in Exchange 2010 SP1
By default, Edge Transport server role in Exchange Server 2010 provides a secure SMTP gateway for all incoming and outgoing email in an organization. Here, we are configuring Hub Transport Server as this role, so I called it as “Hub Transport Server as an Edge Transport Server”. By default in the same way that the Hub Transport server doesn’t receive emails from the Internet. The most secure way to receive Internet email is from an Edge Transport server. Here, because of the IT budgets constrain, we are not using Edge Transport Server or third party SMTP gateway. To accomplish this, on the Hub Transport Server enabling Anonymous users under the Permission Groups tab of the Default Receive Connectors.
1. In Exchange Management Console, expand Server Configuration, click Hub Transport, and then in the Hub Transport pane, under Receive Connectors, Right Click on Default Server ( Default KTM-EX01-2K10) and click Properties.









In this article, I showed you how to configure Hub Transport Server as an Internet facing server to receive emails from the Internet and send internal email to the Internet creating Send Connector on the Hub Transport Under Organization Configuration. But the most secure way to receive Internet email is from an Edge Transport Server or third party SMTP Gateway Server or Hardware Appliance.