Re: Cannot open Outlook Web Access from internet

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Have you got port 443 (SSL) open on your firewall and, if using NAT, got the
necessary port forwarding rule in place?

All the best,

Simon


"It's me again" <Itsmeagain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Clients on the internet attempting to log on to our intranet with OWA get
> a
> "Cannot display page" browser error.
>
> Here is how the system is set up. There is a back end SBS 2003 server
> running Exchange. It is connected to a multihomed front end server running
> Windows Server 2003 that is also our public domain primary DNS and host of
> the default web site. The front end is also running RRAS configured as NAT
> with basic firewall to route internet traffic to and from the back end SBS
> server. The other side of the front end server is directly connected to
> the
> internet with a public IP address. We have no trouble running OWA within
> the
> intranet using the public domain name, so the public zone of the dns
> appears
> to be working correctly. But when someone out on the internet tries to
> access OWA they get the "page cannot be displayed" browser error. I
> believe
> that the front end is correctly redirecting to the back end because the
> internet client will see the "You are about to connect to a secure web
> site"
> message upon entering http://mail.public_domain.com in the browser, but
> immediately after that they get the "Page cannot be displayed" browser
> error.
> Note 1: internet clients have no trouble connecting to the default web
> site
> on the front end server. Note 2: A web site (different than the default
> web
> site) on the front end server redirects OWA log ons to the back end
> server.
> Any thoughts on what is going on here?
>


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