Re: Creating a http redirect for OWA

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Thanks, Jim. Shouldn't/isn't there a way to do this kind of a virtual
server redirect in IIS instead of having to rely on your webhost? I don't
have a webhost, I just use SBS, and I'm sure there's a way to do this...


"Jim G" <Jim G@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I set up forwarders at my web hosting company that forward specific HTTP
> requests to https://servername.domainname.org/exchange
>
> I've created forwards similar to:
> bob.domainname.com
> tom.domainname.com
> nancy.domainname.com
>
> All of these point to https://servername.domainname.org/exchange. Bob,
> Tom,
> and Nancy still have to enter their ID's and passwords. It's just easier
> for
> everyone to memember their own first name, the company name and ".com."
> That's all they have to type in the address field in the browser.
>
> Jim G.
>
> "David Parkes" <wibble@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> OWA should automatically use
>>
>> https://
>>
>> I am not sure about how you would configure it with regards to ISA.
>>
>> This is how ours works
>>
>> mail.ourdomain.com ---> MX Record points to our hardware firewall's
> external
>> ip address.
>>
>> On our firewall I have set a rule that if anything that comes in HTTPS
> (port
>> 443) to be forwarded directly to our SBS server. So if it is
>> https://mail.ourdomain.com/exchange
>>
>> The firewall "Forwards" the HTTPS port (443) directly to our server. Thus
>> making OWA work exturnally.
>>
>> I'm sorry if this doesn't help.
>>
>> David Parkes
>>
>>
>
>


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