Have you set a client to NTLM Auth on an off-domain computer?  Does it
simply prompt for login and still work, or does it kick back an error of
some sort?

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon
Butler
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:45 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Exchange over HTTP and NTLM Auth

I have always set mine to use NTLM authentication. This has eased the
implementation of RPC/HTTPS as the users don't even notice that anything
has changed - until they forget to start the VPN and get their email!

Even my computer at home (on my home domain) is using NTLM. It simply
prompts me for username and password details. 

Therefore with your domain machines, use NTLM. If they are using a
non-domain computer then they will get prompted each time - and there is
no way of saving the password. 
If they do get a prompt then there is a small change you can make to the
authentication process to fix that. 

If you want to check that Outlook is connecting over RPC/HTTPS, close
Outlook completely, using task manager to make sure that outlook.exe has
gone. 
Then click start, run and type

Outlook.exe /rpcdiag

This will show exactly what is going on. 
I have screenshots of a working and non-working installation on my web
site at http://www.amset.info/exchange/rpc-http-diag.asp

Simon.
  
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Simon Butler, MCP, MCSA
Senior Systems Administrator
Amset IT Solutions Ltd.

e: simon @ amset-it.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan
Mann
Sent: 22 February 2005 19:56
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Exchange over HTTP and NTLM Auth

All of the documentation I have read for Exchange over HTTP indicates
that Basic Authentication should be used.  This requires you to login to
outlook to authenticate to the Exchange 2003 Server.

In some testing, I've set a computer joined to the domain to use NTLM
Authentication and Outlook opens without a login request.

Everything looks as though an Exchange over HTTP connection is used and
not a direct RPC connection.

I have not tested this on an off domain computer.

Is there some reason that Basic Authentication is always referenced or
can NTLM Authenticatiob be used?  Can it only be used with domain
computers or both domain and off domain computers? 

I'd like to remove my users requirement to login wherever possible.

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