Re: SBS 2003, Outlook 2003, and RPC-HTTP
From: James (James_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/11/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:31:06 -0800
I've got my test system to work (finally). I installed the certificate on
the client and added the 'msstd:mail.server.com' line. I'll run through this
setup with another system to confirm its working, but I think I'm good to go
now.
Thanks Matt for helping me with this.
"Matt Gibson" wrote:
> Okay :)
>
> First of all, if you DON'T install that certificate, nothing will work.
>
> So do that right off the bat.
>
> Secondly, during the account setup, some of the refrences will be to
> mail.exchangeserver.local, and some will be to mail.exchangeserver.com. You
> can't just mix and match them.
>
> If you go into your e-mail account, hit change...the first window that pops
> up should have mail.exchange server.local. WHen you go into the exchange
> proxy settings, the first textbox should be mail.exchangeserver.com. Put in
> msstd:mail.exchangeserver.com in the second. That isn't optional.
>
> Rerun the internet connection wizard. Make sure that your web certificate
> name is mail.exchangeserver.com
>
> Give that a shot.
>
> -Matt
>
>
>
>
> "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B2E51347-AF6E-4D32-8B81-3BC32E3A6350@microsoft.com...
> > If you browse to https://mail.exchangeserver.com/rpc do you get a
> > certificate warning?
> > - yes, I'm warned the the security certificate was issured by a company I
> > have not chosen to trust. But it also states the certificate is valid
> > and
> > it's name matches the name of the page to be viewed. After clicking yes
> > to
> > proceed, a challenge box appears.
> > Should I install the certificate on the client machine, instead of just
> > proceeding?
> >
> >
> > You've installed the hotfix?
> > - no hotfixes have been install. XP Pro and Office 2003 are both up to
> > date
> > with the latest services packs. The one hotfix I found relating to this
> > wouldn't install because XP server pack 2 was installed.
> >
> >
> > In outlook, if you go to your e-mail accounts, you're referring to your
> > exchange server by it's internal name?
> > - if your referring to the 'E-Mail Accounts' box that list email accounts
> > in
> > order to process (listing by Name and Type) and you can set one to
> > Default...
> > then no. It's listing is 'Microsoft Exchange Server' Type: 'Exchange
> > (Default).
> > Does the certificate name and the account listing need to be the same?
> >
> >
> > Under the Exchange Proxy settings in Outlook, you've got the first textbox
> > as mail.exchangeserver.com ?
> > - the differents between the internal name and external is '.local' and
> > '.com' (name.domain.local or name.domain.com). I've been using 'local'
> > for
> > internal testing and 'com' for external clients. Thought I have switched,
> > mixed and match just to see if I was using the wrong name.
> >
> >
> > Under the second, you've got msstd:mail.exchangeserver.com ?
> > - no, I have not been filling in this box. FAQ's and docs I've read have
> > left this as optional.
> > Should this information be enter?
> >
> > And then you've got Basic AUthentication selected at the bottom?
> > - yes, Basic Authentication is selected (since SSL is being used).
> >
> > Thanks for you help Matt.
> >
> >
> > "Matt Gibson" wrote:
> >
> >> If you browse to https://mail.exchangeserver.com/rpc do you get a
> >> certificate warning?
> >>
> >> You've installed the hotfix?
> >>
> >> Firewall won't matter as long as it's passing 443 traffic.
> >>
> >> In outlook, if you go to your e-mail accounts, you're referring to your
> >> exchange server by it's internal name?
> >>
> >> Under the Exchange Proxy settings in Outlook, you've got the first
> >> textbox
> >> as mail.exchangeserver.com ?
> >>
> >> Under the second, you've got msstd:mail.exchangeserver.com ?
> >>
> >> And then you've got Basic AUthentication selected at the bottom?
> >>
> >> -Matt
> >>
> >> "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A6577D82-4A04-4841-B751-51959F5B5EB6@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've been working my way through setting up a RPC-HTTP connection
> >> > between
> >> > Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003. It's to the point that an internal
> >> > (within
> >> > the local network and domain) RPC-HTTP connection seems to work fine.
> >> > Also,
> >> > I've used IE to connect to Exchange's RPC folder (example -
> >> > https://mail.exchangeserver.com/rpc and then filled out a challenge box
> >> > for
> >> > user name and password). The proper error page shows up (403.2
> >> > Forbidden:
> >> > Read access is denied) and everything seems fine.
> >> > But Outlook can't find the server. I've made repeated attempts to
> >> > connect
> >> > with Outlook in rpc diagnostic mode (DOS box - "outlook /rpcdiag") and
> >> > get
> >> > the challenge box for user name and pass; but it never finds an
> >> > Exchange
> >> > server. I've tried to put the user name in different formats:
> >> > domain_name\user_name, server_name\user_name, just user_name, and so
> >> > on;
> >> > just
> >> > to see if it mattered.
> >> > There is a PIX 501 firewall sitting between external clients and the
> >> > Exchange server. The PIX is setup to allow/pass traffic from ports 80
> >> > (HTTP)
> >> > and 443(HTTPS) to the Exchange server. Since the RPC packets are being
> >> > moved
> >> > via HTTP, I have not punch a hole for RPC in the firewall.
> >> > The Exchange I'm using is part of the Small Business Server 2003
> >> > package.
> >> > SBS made it easy to setup the Exchange side of RPC-HTTP (a wizard and a
> >> > check
> >> > box later it was ready) and I've gone through different 'How to' FAQs
> >> > that
> >> > verified Exchange's setting are correct. So I'm left with the firewall
> >> > and/or the client.
> >> >
> >> > Any help on this would be great.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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