[wellylug] Apache as a proxy for Outpuke's web-interface

[Lyndsay Mountfort]

We (NZ Symphony Orchestra) use Squirrelmail for exactly this. SM sits on
apache webserver on our DMZ, talks to Exchange 2000 on an "internal"
network, connected through a linux firewall.

The clever people who set all this up for us lurk on his list on occasion...

- Lyndsay

Pete Black wrote:

> Something like squirrelmail basically acts as an IMAP client to
> exchange on behalf of the user. This works quite well, but needs IMAP
> to be enabled in Exchange settings. Obviously appropriate firewalling
> would be in place to prevent external users directly connecting to
> exchange.
>
> I've used a variety of IMAP clients to connect to Exchange, and
> squirrelmail should be no different. There are also a variety of other
> web-based IMAP clients that you could use.
>
>
> http://www.squirrelmail.org
> http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/SquirrelMailRequirements
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> -Pete
>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I need a case study for someone running Apache as
>> a front-end (shielding exchange from the internet)
>> for staff to be able to access webmail from home.
>>
>> I'm aware of the fact that it's next to trivial to
>> set Apache up to do this, but I need someone as an
>> *example* to be able to convince my manager :) that
>> there's no need to but an M$ ISA license to do that ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrej
>>
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