Access work exchange server from home...

[Wes H.]

My company has a setup on the exchange server to access our work email
from outside the company through a web browser. I would rather be able
to have outlook go and retrieve the messages from the server and not use
the web browser. Unfortunately the company says that we CAN'T do that. I
don't believe it. I figure that there may be certain ports to use or
something, but any help would be greatly appreciated. The address for
the email is something like this:

https://csfowa.thisisamadeupname.com/exchange/root.asp

This link, which is what I type in the browser to access the server,
wont actually work since I changed up the name but should give everyone
the jist of what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for any help.

-W Henry

 

[Milly Staples - MVP Outlook]

Respect your work's decision. Use OWA or not. But don't expect strangers
to tell you how to "hack" your corporate network. VPN access is a decision
that your IT department and management have decided not to use. And any
particulars of how to access Exchange via VPN depends on the software used
for the VPN access.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Wes H. asked:

| My company has a setup on the exchange server to access our work email
| from outside the company through a web browser. I would rather be able
| to have outlook go and retrieve the messages from the server and not
| use the web browser. Unfortunately the company says that we CAN'T do
| that. I don't believe it. I figure that there may be certain ports to
| use or something, but any help would be greatly appreciated. The
| address for the email is something like this:
|
| https://csfowa.thisisamadeupname.com/exchange/root.asp
|
| This link, which is what I type in the browser to access the server,
| wont actually work since I changed up the name but should give
| everyone the jist of what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for any
| help.
|
| -W Henry

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Believe it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Wes H.]

I'm not trying to "hack" it. If that's what it will take then I will
just use the OWA access. I was just curious as to whether the web link
"could" be set up to work in outlook or not. Thanks for answering the
question though.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The only way you can get in is using OWA or using Outlook and HTTP
protocol - which gets you mail only.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2005/20050322.htm

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

And since Wes is using an https: address, Outlook + HTTP is not going to be an option.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

The only way you can get in is using OWA or using Outlook and HTTP
protocol - which gets you mail only.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2005/20050322.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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My company has a setup on the exchange server to access our work email
from outside the company through a web browser. I would rather be able to
have outlook go and retrieve the messages from the server and not use the
web browser. Unfortunately the company says that we CAN'T do that. I don't
believe it. I figure that there may be certain ports to use or something,
but any help would be greatly appreciated. The address for the email is
something like this:

https://csfowa.thisisamadeupname.com/exchange/root.asp

This link, which is what I type in the browser to access the server, wont
actually work since I changed up the name but should give everyone the
jist of what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for any help.

-W Henry

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm not trying to "hack" it. If that's what it will take then I will
just use the OWA access. I was just curious as to whether the web link
"could" be set up to work in outlook or not. Thanks for answering the
question though.

The web link cannot be used with the Outlook client.