Configuring Microsoft 365/Office 365/o365 Outbound

Configuring Office 365 for outbound email flow to MailRoute:

• Click "+ Add a connector":

• Give this new connector a name like "MailRoute Outbound" and a useful description (optional)
• Check the checkbox that says "What do you want to do after the Connector is saved?" Check to "Turn it On"
• Click "Next"

Under "Use of Connector"

• Select the "Only when emails are sent to these domains" radio button
• Type "*"  (a single asterisk, without the quotation marks) and then click "+"
• Then click "Next"

• Choose the radio button "Route mail through these smart hosts"
• Enter "outbound.mailroute.net" (without the quotation marks" into the field below that radio button and click "+"
• Then click "Next"

• Select the checkbox "Always use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to secure the connection (recommended)"
• Select the radio button "Any digital certificate, including self-signed certificates"
• Then click "Next"

Under "Validation email", we can test to see if it's working.

• Enter in an email address at a different domain from your own, and click "+".  You can use the same address as in our example, if you'd like.  It's a simple test address we use to validate o365 connections.
• Click "Validate", and then wait a little while for it to check to see if things are working okay.
• You should see "Validation Successful"

• Click "Next"

Under "Review Connector", it should look something like this:

• Click "Create Connector"
• You should see: