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From: Alex on 24 Jan 2010 11:33
Hi there,

I can log onto outlook web access by typing
https://www.domain.com/owa
What I would like to be able to do is type
Webmail.domainname.com and have iis 7 on sbs2008 make the redirection!

Any help would be appreciated...
From: Brian Cryer on 25 Jan 2010 04:47
"Alex" <Alvie(a)community.nospam> wrote in message
news:DF684C3A-8B0A-4E83-9358-209D1B04ED7B(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I can log onto outlook web access by typing
> https://www.domain.com/owa
> What I would like to be able to do is type
> Webmail.domainname.com and have iis 7 on sbs2008 make the redirection!
>
> Any help would be appreciated...

1. Create a single html page which contains a redirect to
https://www.domain.com/owa. I suggest naming it index.htm or default.htm -
just makes life easier. If you are not sure on how to do this then this page
may give you a head-start
http://www.cryer.co.uk/resources/javascript/script5.htm just be aware that
you will need to change all references to the url and the text message that
is displayed. I suggest also setting the duration before it redirects to 0.
2. Create a new IIS website webmail.domainname.com and use that single html
page.
3. Create the necessary DNS entry so that webmail.domainname.com redirects.

All this is doing is redirecting the easy to remember name
(webmail.domainname.com) to the less easily remembered name
www.domain.com/owa

I know this works because this is the system I use on two different sites.

HTH.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian


From: Alex on 25 Jan 2010 12:36
Hi Brian, Thanks for the reply!

I understood everything until you came to point #3...
Does this mean that I have to set up a DNS entry ont the sbs box that is
hosting owa?

TIA
Alex

"Brian Cryer" wrote:

> "Alex" <Alvie(a)community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:DF684C3A-8B0A-4E83-9358-209D1B04ED7B(a)microsoft.com...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I can log onto outlook web access by typing
> > https://www.domain.com/owa
> > What I would like to be able to do is type
> > Webmail.domainname.com and have iis 7 on sbs2008 make the redirection!
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated...
>
> 1. Create a single html page which contains a redirect to
> https://www.domain.com/owa. I suggest naming it index.htm or default.htm -
> just makes life easier. If you are not sure on how to do this then this page
> may give you a head-start
> http://www.cryer.co.uk/resources/javascript/script5.htm just be aware that
> you will need to change all references to the url and the text message that
> is displayed. I suggest also setting the duration before it redirects to 0.
> 2. Create a new IIS website webmail.domainname.com and use that single html
> page.
> 3. Create the necessary DNS entry so that webmail.domainname.com redirects.
>
> All this is doing is redirecting the easy to remember name
> (webmail.domainname.com) to the less easily remembered name
> www.domain.com/owa
>
> I know this works because this is the system I use on two different sites.
>
> HTH.
> --
> Brian Cryer
> www.cryer.co.uk/brian
>
>
> .
>
From: Brian Cryer on 28 Jan 2010 04:31
"Alex" <Alvie(a)community.nospam> wrote in message
news:79D8BE5D-6825-4942-AD23-C78BC78D249A(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi Brian, Thanks for the reply!
>
> I understood everything until you came to point #3...
> Does this mean that I have to set up a DNS entry ont the sbs box that is
> hosting owa?

Point 3. Create the necessary DNS entry so that webmail.domainname.com
redirects.

You want to use the domain "webmail.example.com". Assuming you already own
example.com, then until you configure DNS the domain name
webmail.example.com won't be recognised. So through whatever company you
used to register the domain name example.com you will need to configure
webmail.example.com to point to the public ip address of your server. That
way when someone is on the road and they type in webmail.example.com it will
connect to your server.

As well as setting up this DNS entry EXTERNALLY, its also worth setting it
up INTERNALLY. So configure the DNS server on your server for the name
webmail.example.com so that it points to your server which hosts the page
which does the redirection. If the page which does the redirection is
external to your network then you can skip this step. If like me you host
webmail.example.com internally then you need to do this step so that people
inside your company can type webmail.example.com into their browsers.

Does that clear things up or have I just made it more obscure?
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk

From: Alex on 28 Jan 2010 09:36
Hi Brian,

Thanks again for the reply, that clears things up brilliantly!

Cheers!


"Brian Cryer" wrote:

> "Alex" <Alvie(a)community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:79D8BE5D-6825-4942-AD23-C78BC78D249A(a)microsoft.com...
> > Hi Brian, Thanks for the reply!
> >
> > I understood everything until you came to point #3...
> > Does this mean that I have to set up a DNS entry ont the sbs box that is
> > hosting owa?
>
> Point 3. Create the necessary DNS entry so that webmail.domainname.com
> redirects.
>
> You want to use the domain "webmail.example.com". Assuming you already own
> example.com, then until you configure DNS the domain name
> webmail.example.com won't be recognised. So through whatever company you
> used to register the domain name example.com you will need to configure
> webmail.example.com to point to the public ip address of your server. That
> way when someone is on the road and they type in webmail.example.com it will
> connect to your server.
>
> As well as setting up this DNS entry EXTERNALLY, its also worth setting it
> up INTERNALLY. So configure the DNS server on your server for the name
> webmail.example.com so that it points to your server which hosts the page
> which does the redirection. If the page which does the redirection is
> external to your network then you can skip this step. If like me you host
> webmail.example.com internally then you need to do this step so that people
> inside your company can type webmail.example.com into their browsers.
>
> Does that clear things up or have I just made it more obscure?
> --
> Brian Cryer
> www.cryer.co.uk
>
> .
>
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