Re: RPC over HTTPS problems

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From: Vivienne (Vivienne_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:37:01 -0700

Hi

I am able to connect internally without any issues. It is only external
that I am having the issue. OWA works perfectly fine with https.

I get the login prompt but then after logging in Outlook hangs, trying to
connect...

I will turn on logging and check the logs.

Thanks
Viv

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:57:01 -0700, "Vivienne"
> <Vivienne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >I have set up the Exchange server and clients using:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833401
> >
> >I did the test externaly of https://mail.mycompany.com/rpc and received the
> >expected error. When trying to connect via Outlook, I get the login screen
> >and use domain\username and password to login. That is where it stops, it
> >states that it is trying to connect, but doesnt.
> >
> >I am using a valid cert from Verisign and installed it on the local client
> >too. I ran outlook /rpcdiag but from that it doesnt look like it is using
> >https to connect. The login screen is for the internal exchange server name
> >and not the url name.
> >
> >Any suggestions would be most welcome.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Vivienne
>
> The login screen will be for the internal FQDN of the Exchange server,
> not the FQDN of the FE, unless both are the same obviously.
>
> Can you make sure web site logging is on and then run Outlook from
> within just to check you haven't got network issues.
>

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