Re: OWA doesn't appear to work

Hi Lee

Thanks for this link. I've done everything it says under option 1, which
was downloading the tools and followed the instructions to the letter. I
even repeated and rebooted the exchange server a couple of times.

I then tried going to http://servername/exchange and got the 404 error and
then to https://servername/exchange and got the "The page cannot be displayed
error".

Anymore thoughts?

Julian

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:

Try this;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883380

"Julian" <Julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Lee

Thanks for the explanation; this is what I did, but no luck I'm afraid.
I don't really want to re-install Exchange if I can help it due to loosing
emails, etc. COuld I do a repair that may sort this out?

Julian



"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:

The \\.\BackOffice\ thing is correct. It is pointing to a special file
system share maintained by the 'Exchange installable file system'
(ExIFS),
which exposes the Exchange Information Store as if it were just a folder
structure on a disk drive.

To check the ASP Web Service Extension, start your IIS Manager, and
expand
the tree in the left-hand pane. When you see Web Service Extensions,
click
on it, and you should see Active Server Pages listed over on the right.
Make sure that it is set to 'Allowed'.


"Julian" <Julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Lee

Could you let me know how to do this; I think I have done the correct
thing
but nothing changed. I reverted, so could you let me know step my
step?

NB: the directory shown in the properties begins \\.\BackOffice........

Cheers,
Julian


"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:

"Julian" <Julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello

On a new Exchange server (which works and send/receives emails,
etc.)
OWA
doesn't work at all. The server is W2K3 Standard and Exchange 2003
Standard

Internally and directly on the server, going to
http://servername/exchange
gives a page not found error (obviously the external issue is the
same).

I have looked in the IIS manager console and it is all blank under:
WebSites\DefaultWebSite\Exchange
WebSites\DefaultWebSite\Exadmin

Under:
WebSites\DefaultWebSite\ExchWeb there are listings...
bin, 6.5.6944.0, 6.5.7638.1, 6.5.7651.60, controls, help, img,
themes,
views

Under ExchangeApplicationPool, there are the following listings
Default Application - <Default Web Site>/ExchWeb/bin
Default Application - <Default Web Site>/Exadmin
Default Application - <Default Web Site>/Exchange
Default Application - <Default Web Site>/ExchWeb
Default Application - <Default Web Site>/Public

If it helps GFI and Symantec Mail Security are also installed on the
same
server.

Thanks in anticipation!
Julian

It is correct that you see nothing under the Exhange VDir in IIS
Manager.
The output is produced by an ISAPI extension. Do you have Forms-based
Authentication enabled? If so, is Active Server Pages set to Allowed
in
the
Web Service Extensions container in IIS Manager? If not, then this
produces
a confusing 404 - Not Found error.

Lee.

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