Chapter 4. Configuring transport services

You can configure your Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 organization with only Mailbox servers for message routing and delivery, or you can configure it with Mailbox servers and Edge Transport servers. When you use only Mailbox servers, these servers are responsible for:

  • Message routing and delivery within the organization.

  • Receiving messages from outside the organization and delivering them to Mailbox servers within the organization.

  • Receiving messages from Mailbox servers within the organization and routing them to destinations outside the organization.

When you use both Mailbox servers and Edge Transport ...

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