Method #101:
Redirect the default _page_ using IIS. I set the default page to
redirect.txt(it can be any file, even a 0-byte place holder). Then from IIS
Admin right-click on the file, choose properties, the first tab on the dialog
should be "File" and allow you to choose "the designated file" or "a
redirection to a URL."
The above offers the convenience of an IIS redirect, you don't have to enable
scripting, and you have use of the rest of the site for serving up other
files, like the HKSI template spell checker .cab.
I generally redirect the 404 message as well.
I've never seen this type of redirect fail, with any reasonably modern browser
(past 5 years). My theory is if it doesn't redirect, then it's not going to
work with WebMail anyway.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Porosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Web iMail
> Russ's methods of WebMail location (I use all 4 of these to make sure that
> every browser can catch it):
> 1 - if you have an ASP server, you can use a
> <%response.redirect(http://mail.server.com:8383)%> at the top of the page,
> before ANY HTML code
> 2 - use a META REFRESH tag set for 3 seconds
> 3 - use a BODY onLoad event
> (onLoad="Javascript:window.location='http://mail.server.com:8383';")
> 4 - provide a link on the page to it
>
> So, make a default.asp or default.htm with any 2 of the above (or more), put
> it in a folder called "email", and give users that address - like
> http://www.porosky.com/email for example. As far as I know, using all 4 of
> these methods (or 3 if you don't have ASP) will work on nearly every
> mainstream browser out there - netscape 2+, IE2+, Opera3+, NetPositive
> (BeOS), Mozilla... it should, in fact, work with any Javascript 1.0
> compliant browser.
>
> Disclaimer: this works fine for me, i've had no complaints of it not
> redirecting properly. i don't guarantee it will work for you however, so
> feel free to muck around with it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 8:29 AM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Web iMail
>
>
> > I want to configure the web messaging portion of iMail to work without my
> > users having to type the port number all the time.
> >
> > Is there a way to do this? Also, is there a way to get around having to
> > type the http:// when attempting to access the site? If I don't type the
> > http manually, it doesn't connect.
> >
> > Example: I want them to be able to type something like mail.domain.com
> > instead of http://mail.domain.com:8383.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Carlos
> >
> >
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