Hi

I know this sounds dumb, but what is the actual OWA
servername that clients type in their browser to access
their email. I know the server's IP address, but where do
I find the URL equivalent of that?

Thanks

SC

Re: OWA server name by Javier

Javier
Mon Dec 29 12:26:48 CST 2003

If you are talking about external access...

You need to use any A record that points to your server (this is done at
your ISP or whomever is hosting your DNS records). For example, if you are
using SMTP mail... you probably have mail.yourdomain.com pointing to your
server's IP address. In that case:

https://mail.yourdomain.com or https://mail.yourdomain.com/exchange

[Be aware that I put https instead of http... because most people like to
use SSL to publish owa]

For internal access...

just use http:\\servername\exchange

Have a great day!

--
-Javier

<< SBS ROCK!!! >>


"sc" <sc@networld.com> wrote in message
news:05e701c3ce30$67afc370$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I know this sounds dumb, but what is the actual OWA
> servername that clients type in their browser to access
> their email. I know the server's IP address, but where do
> I find the URL equivalent of that?
>
> Thanks
>
> SC



Re: OWA server name by sc

sc
Tue Dec 30 02:27:14 CST 2003

Thanks for your helpful reply Javier. Out of interest can
OWA be made to function (externally) using the IP address
of the server, or does it have to be in a URL format?

Regards

SC


>-----Original Message-----
>If you are talking about external access...
>
>You need to use any A record that points to your server
(this is done at
>your ISP or whomever is hosting your DNS records). For
example, if you are
>using SMTP mail... you probably have mail.yourdomain.com
pointing to your
>server's IP address. In that case:
>
>https://mail.yourdomain.com or
https://mail.yourdomain.com/exchange
>
>[Be aware that I put https instead of http... because
most people like to
>use SSL to publish owa]
>
>For internal access...
>
>just use http:\\servername\exchange
>
>Have a great day!
>
>--
>-Javier
>
><< SBS ROCK!!! >>
>
>
>"sc" <sc@networld.com> wrote in message
>news:05e701c3ce30$67afc370$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> I know this sounds dumb, but what is the actual OWA
>> servername that clients type in their browser to access
>> their email. I know the server's IP address, but where
do
>> I find the URL equivalent of that?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> SC
>
>
>.
>

Re: OWA server name by Javier

Javier
Tue Dec 30 05:36:18 CST 2003

Yes... using the IP address is ok.

https:\\x.x.x.x\exchange

However, it would be a shame to use it. There are services like ZoneEdit
where you can transfer your DNS records and just create a the A record that
you like... or in a worst case scenario (if you don't even have a domain
name) I would use something like dyndns.org to create a record like
yourname.dyndns.org pointing to your IP address (it doesn't matter if it's
not static) and use that!

My $0.02,

--
-Javier

<< SBS ROCK!!! >>

"sc" <sc@networld.com> wrote in message
news:062a01c3ceae$baa34740$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your helpful reply Javier. Out of interest can
> OWA be made to function (externally) using the IP address
> of the server, or does it have to be in a URL format?
>
> Regards
>
> SC
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If you are talking about external access...
> >
> >You need to use any A record that points to your server
> (this is done at
> >your ISP or whomever is hosting your DNS records). For
> example, if you are
> >using SMTP mail... you probably have mail.yourdomain.com
> pointing to your
> >server's IP address. In that case:
> >
> >https://mail.yourdomain.com or
> https://mail.yourdomain.com/exchange
> >
> >[Be aware that I put https instead of http... because
> most people like to
> >use SSL to publish owa]
> >
> >For internal access...
> >
> >just use http:\\servername\exchange
> >
> >Have a great day!
> >
> >--
> >-Javier
> >
> ><< SBS ROCK!!! >>
> >
> >
> >"sc" <sc@networld.com> wrote in message
> >news:05e701c3ce30$67afc370$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I know this sounds dumb, but what is the actual OWA
> >> servername that clients type in their browser to access
> >> their email. I know the server's IP address, but where
> do
> >> I find the URL equivalent of that?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> SC
> >
> >
> >.
> >