Re: link to a folder under Public Folders

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Which version of Exchange do you have? I don't remember if you said. I
only have E2007 now.

"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Nope...no AV scanner.

I guess for now is to find out if anyone else has this issue ? Can you
send yourself a link and see if it works in OWA ?

Steve

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in
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That all sounds okay. Is there any kind of third-party AV scanner or
firewall installed on the server? If so, can you see any settings in
there to check incoming http requests for escape characters, such as the
%xx characters in the URLs?

"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, I right-click on Public, select Properties | Directory Security |
Edit...Authentication and access control, and here are what I got in the
Authentication Methods screen.

-Enable anonymous access: blank
-Integrated Windows authentication: blank
-Digest authentication for Windows domain server: blank
-Basic authentication (password is sent in clear text): Checked
-.NET Passport authentication: blank

-Default domain: \
-Realm: blank

These are the same for Exchange VDir.
Steve


"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in
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OWA would still want to use the redir.asp file to check what you are
linking to. It's when you try to run that redir.asp file that you get
this strange 403.0 error. Can you check to make sure in IIS Manager
that you have the same security settings on your Public VDir and
Exchange VDir. Including the Default Domain for Basic Auth.

"SP_1" <non@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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By the way, could you create a similar link in your Outlook for it to
work in OWA ?

In any case, here is what I got from IIS Manager | Web Service
Exntensions.

-All Unknown CGI Extension: Prohibited
-All Unknown ISAPI Extensions: Prohibited
-Active Server Pages: Allowed
-ASP.NET v1.1.4322: Allowed
-ASP.NET v2.0.50727: Allowed
-Internet Data Connector: Prohibited
-Microsoft Exchange Server: Allowed
-RPC Proxy Server Extension: Allowed
-Server Side Includes: Prohibited
-WebDAV: Prohibited

Thanks again
Steve

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in
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Ugh. It's a 403.0 error, which isn't even listed as a valid response
in IIS. It's probably something it can't recognise, like Active
Server Pages isn't installed as a component, or the ASP Web Services
Extension isn't enabled.

Can you access any other .asp files on the server? E.g. if you have
FBA enabled, and it works, then you can.



"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the follow-up. Again, if I clicked on the Click Here
link from within OWA, a new IE window opened up - saying HTTP 403
Forbidden ... The website declined to show this webpage. The error
went on to say... Most likely causes: This website requires you to
log in.

Here are the 2 lines of record that I could track down in the log
file (under folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 of the
Exchange server).

2008-10-21 19:15:38 W3SVC1 10.14.85.105 GET
/exchange/myXYZaccount/Inbox/RE:+link2.EML cmd=preview&mime=1 443
myXYZaccount 192.168.2.148
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+.NET+CLR+1.0.3705;+InfoPath.1)
200 0 0

2008-10-21 19:15:43 W3SVC1 10.14.85.105 GET /exchweb/bin/redir.asp
URL=https://myDOMAIN/public/general%20documents/job%20-%20internal%20postings
443 myXYZaccount 192.168.2.148
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+.NET+CLR+1.0.3705;+InfoPath.1)
403 0 0

Thank you
Steve

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote
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Can you post the logged 403 response from the IIS log file? There
are about 20 different types of 403 in IIS, and the logged subcode
will indicate a specific cause. Hopefully.


"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just an update...

Ok, so I created a "Click Here" with an embedded link to a folder
in Public Folders. The link only worked if clicked it from
Outlook; it doesn't work (or 403 error) if I clicked it from OWA.

Meaning...when I clicked on the Click Here link from within
Outlook, IE7 opened up and prompted for username/password. After
logon, voila, it went straight to the folder that I needed. But,
this would defeat the purpose of Outlook. If I'm in Outlook, I
might as well access the Public Folders from within Outlook. I
wouldn't need to go to OWA.

My main objective is to get the link to work for those users who
do not have Outlook (ie. only having OWA). The problem remains
that when I read the message from OWA and click on the link, I get
the 403 error as if the link requires some sort of authentication.

So, the link typo was correct as it did work from Outlook.

Steve




"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I did use https, and I still got the 403 error. Again, this is
clicking on the click HERE from within OWA.

Any other idea ?

Steve

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m>
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"SP_1" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

Say, there is an "ABC" folder (under the All Public Folders),
and I'd like to send a message to everyone who uses OWA about
how to get to this folder. The message would say something like
this: To access ABC folder, click HERE.

From Outlook, I tried to embed various hyperlinks that pointed
to the ABC folder, but when I read the message from within OWA,
I got a HTTP 403 Forbidden error when I clicked on the click
HERE link.

Is it possible to have a hyperlink embedded in the "click HERE"
for OWA use ? And what is that URL ?

Thanks
Steve
ps. I don't have problem getting the link to work if I click on
it from within Outlook - only in OWA that I have problem.

Which version of Exchange? If it's 2000 or 2003, you would use
http://server/public/folder+name . Spaces in the folder name
are escaped with + or %20 . If you require SSL, you should use
https - if you didn't use https, this might explain the 403
response.

Lee.

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