HTTP Access to an Exchange Server

[Dingleyick]

Hello,

I just got a new laptop with Vista on it.

I installed MS Office 2003 incl. Outlook 2003.
SP2 is installed.
The laptop has "Norten Protection Center" installed.

Problem:

When I'm in my network at work, Outlook has no problem accessing the
Exchange server. When I am at home, Outlook can't seem to find the server
even though I have HTTP configured the same as my home desktop and old laptop
(XP machines).

- Outlook Web Access works fine on the new machine.

- Outlook on my desktop machine at home as well as on my old laptop has no
problem accessing my Exchange server over HTTP.

- As with my home desktop, my new laptop is not part of the domain at work.

I must have something configured incorrectly, any ideas?

ciao

Eddie

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You might want to start with checking your firewall settings.

 

[Dingleyick]

Gee thanks, Roady.

Could you be a little more specific?
I'm not exactly Mr. Firewall if you know what I mean. (IOW, I don't have any
idea where to start...)

Have you ever heard of this problem before?

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the security certificate,
but I don't know where to find it...

ciao

Eddie


--
E. J. Dingleyick

You might want to start with checking your firewall settings.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Hello,

I just got a new laptop with Vista on it.

I installed MS Office 2003 incl. Outlook 2003.
SP2 is installed.
The laptop has "Norten Protection Center" installed.

Problem:

When I'm in my network at work, Outlook has no problem accessing the
Exchange server. When I am at home, Outlook can't seem to find the server
even though I have HTTP configured the same as my home desktop and old
laptop
(XP machines).

- Outlook Web Access works fine on the new machine.

- Outlook on my desktop machine at home as well as on my old laptop has no
problem accessing my Exchange server over HTTP.

- As with my home desktop, my new laptop is not part of the domain at
work.

I must have something configured incorrectly, any ideas?

ciao

Eddie

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Hard to be any more specific without any additional configuration
information. If you use a 3rd part firewall solution simply disable it and
test again. In the case of Norton products you're better off uninstalling
them completely.

What makes you think it is a certificate error? Do you get any errors?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Gee thanks, Roady.

Could you be a little more specific?
I'm not exactly Mr. Firewall if you know what I mean. (IOW, I don't have
any
idea where to start...)

Have you ever heard of this problem before?

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the security certificate,
but I don't know where to find it...

ciao

Eddie


--
E. J. Dingleyick

You might want to start with checking your firewall settings.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Hello,

I just got a new laptop with Vista on it.

I installed MS Office 2003 incl. Outlook 2003.
SP2 is installed.
The laptop has "Norten Protection Center" installed.

Problem:

When I'm in my network at work, Outlook has no problem accessing the
Exchange server. When I am at home, Outlook can't seem to find the
server
even though I have HTTP configured the same as my home desktop and old
laptop
(XP machines).

- Outlook Web Access works fine on the new machine.

- Outlook on my desktop machine at home as well as on my old laptop has
no
problem accessing my Exchange server over HTTP.

- As with my home desktop, my new laptop is not part of the domain at
work.

I must have something configured incorrectly, any ideas?

ciao

Eddie

 

[Dingleyick]

Hi Roady,

tell me the config info you need, and I'll get it to you.

Here is some of it:

Lenovo Thinkpad T60
4 GB RAM

MS Vista 6 Build 6000
MS Office 2003 with SP2

Windows Defender as Firewall (I had Norton, but I uninstalled it.)

Although I don't have a problem accessing the exchange server using Outlook
2003 and XP, I do with Vista unless I use OWA. (With OWA, I don't have any
problems either.)

If you wan't I can send snapshots of the HTTP configuration.

Thoughts:

Why I think it might be a certificate problem is that when I access the site
per OWA, I get a message (unfortunately in German) that says the sites
certificate is not from a trusted source and asks me if I should proceed with
loading the page...

I don't get any message regarding the certificate when I try with normal
outlook, it just tells me that the server is not available...

Thanks for the help,

Eddie



--
E. J. Dingleyick

Hard to be any more specific without any additional configuration
information. If you use a 3rd part firewall solution simply disable it and
test again. In the case of Norton products you're better off uninstalling
them completely.

What makes you think it is a certificate error? Do you get any errors?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Gee thanks, Roady.

Could you be a little more specific?
I'm not exactly Mr. Firewall if you know what I mean. (IOW, I don't have
any
idea where to start...)

Have you ever heard of this problem before?

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the security certificate,
but I don't know where to find it...

ciao

Eddie


--
E. J. Dingleyick

You might want to start with checking your firewall settings.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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Hello,

I just got a new laptop with Vista on it.

I installed MS Office 2003 incl. Outlook 2003.
SP2 is installed.
The laptop has "Norten Protection Center" installed.

Problem:

When I'm in my network at work, Outlook has no problem accessing the
Exchange server. When I am at home, Outlook can't seem to find the
server
even though I have HTTP configured the same as my home desktop and old
laptop
(XP machines).

- Outlook Web Access works fine on the new machine.

- Outlook on my desktop machine at home as well as on my old laptop has
no
problem accessing my Exchange server over HTTP.

- As with my home desktop, my new laptop is not part of the domain at
work.

I must have something configured incorrectly, any ideas?

ciao

Eddie