Are you using a subdomain or a domain and updating the MX records so that all email goes to Genesys Cloud? I'm sure you have reasons to use the SMTP relay but wanted to check if you've explored all options.
We've used email forwarding. Most businesses already have an email like say
support@acme.com which they'd like to go to Genesys Cloud and other email addresses like
bob@acme.com that they still want to go to their exchange server.
With email forwarding the emails come into Genesys Cloud and go out via a built in Amazon email server. You can easy add TXT records to confirm ownership of a domain and DKIM and it's pretty flawless.
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Paul Dittrich
Aria Solutions
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-20-2020 12:56
From: Brenda Wynne
Subject: SMTP Relay Connector and Port 25
Hello,
We are wanting to be able to send outbound emails from PureCloud using our own domain. We use Microsoft O365 with Multi Factor Authentication.
We are following these instructions from Microsoft - which shows 3 options:
How to set up a multifunction device or application to send email using Microsoft 365 or Office 365
We are having an issue getting this to work because per the O365 documentation, we have to use port 25. But Genesys will not allow port 25 evidently. When configuring an email address on our own domain - to use SMTP server for sending outbound emails, there is a note in the Email settings that says:
Port 587 or 465 is recommended for firewall reasons. If another port must be used, please contact Customer Care.
I've opened up a request for Genesys to allow 25 for our organization but am having a lot of trouble getting them to take action. In my opinion, this is a standard feature that they advertise, and if we have to use port 25 because of MFA and O365, then Genesys should allow it without having to go through the development ops team.
So, my questions are:
1. Are any of you using your organization's SMTP server for sending outbound emails with Microsoft O365?
2. Are you using port 25?
3. How did you get Genesys to allow port 25 for your org?
4. If Genesys didn't authorize port 25, how did you get it to work?
Appreciate any help anyone can offer!
Thanks
#ArchitectureandDesign
#DigitalChannels
#Omni-ChannelDesktop/UserInterface
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Brenda Wynne
Alcon Vision LLC
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