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Title: External webmail access when port 80 is forwarded
Post by: Rod Tinberg on October 21, 2002, 11:08:34 PM

Hoping this isn't a stupid question.....

I am using sme-server as our main firewall/gateway and mail server, but out of necessity I must use an NT server and IIS as our main web server.  Therefore, I have port 80 forwarded to the NT machine.  I would like to allow our users access to their email through webmail, which works internally, but not externally since port 80 is forwarded elsewhere.  Is there a way to accomplish this?

TIA,
Rod

Title: Re: External webmail access when port 80 is forwarded
Post by: Nathan Fowler on October 22, 2002, 01:39:42 AM

Try connecting using SSL instead of plain-text.  (https as opposed to http, TCP 443 versus TCP 80).  You'll want to establish secure communications when checking email anyways.

Hope this helped,
Nathan

Title: Re: External webmail access when port 80 is forwarded
Post by: Rod Tinberg on October 22, 2002, 06:39:20 PM

It did help.  By using https in the address as opposed to http, it came in on port 443, which is not currently forwarded, and therefore worked just fine.  Seems kind of obvious now that I think about it.  Thanks, Nathan!