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# Create Connectors
Microsoft Exchange uses connectors to manage inbound and outbound email flow. You must create an outbound connector that defines the Nightfall server to which emails must be redirected for scanning, and an inbound connector that defines how to identify emails scanned and routed to Exchange by Nightfall.
## Create Outbound Connector
1. Navigate to the **Exchange admin center** page from your Exchange account.
2. Expand **Mail flow** and select **Connectors**.
3. Click **Add a Connector**.
4. Select **Office 365** in the Connection from section.
5. Select **Partner Organization** in the **Connection to** section.
6. Click **Next**.
7. Enter a name for the connector.
8. (Optional) Enter a description for the connector.
9. Ensure that the **Turn it on** check box is selected.
10. Select the **Only when I have a transport rule set up that redirects messages to this connector** radio option.
11. Click **Next**.
12. Select the **Route email through these smart hosts** option.
13. Enter the following host domain and click **+** to add it.
```html
2r2xfv8u7uz5.fips.qbns.mail-manager-smtp.amazonaws.com
```
14. Click **Next**.
15. Do not modify security settings. Click **Next**.
16. Enter as the validation Email and click **Validate**.
17. Click **Next** once the validation is successful.
18. Click **Create Connector**.
## Create Inbound Connector
1. Click **Add a Connector**.
2. Select **Your organization's email serve**r in the **Connection from** section.
3. Click Next.
4. Enter a name for the connector.
5. (Optional) Enter a description for the connector.
6. Ensure that the **Turn it on** and the **Retain internal Exchange email headers** check boxes are selected.
7. Select the **Authenticate using domain-based authentication.**
8. **Login to the Nightfall console and copy the domain in step 2**
1. Domain `emaildlp.nightfall.ai`
9. Click **Next**.
10. Click **Create Connector**.
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