Bogdan, I think they were threading about ICMP utilization in/out of their systems. I believe that ICMP is primarily, if not solely, used for troubleshooting networks (PING and TRACERT). You haven't missed anything concerning port 8383 and your example would work. It's also quite easy, if you have iexplorer, to simply bring the http://mail.domain.com:8383 up in your browser; then select File - Send to - shortcut to desktop. Then all they have to do is double click it and they should be at there login page.
~Rick Bogdan Paunica wrote: > Why try to teach people to type :8383 at the end of the URL while you > can simply pup a start page with simple link like "Check your email" > http://mail.domain.com:8383/ ? > > I'm doing this and is working just fine. Is something I miss related to > the use of 8383 port? > > Bogdan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tony Gray - > Network Administrator > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Ports > > > >>Typically when we setup servers that are directly connected to the >>internet we explicitly deny all ports except the ones that are needed >>for the application of the server. >> > > Smart Idea... > > >>I wanted to make sure and see if there was a technically valid reason >>that I should allow ICMP traffic to and from the server. My idea is to >> > >>only allow traffic on ports 25 inbound/outbound, 110 inbound + what >>port I decide to run web messaging on. >> > > I block all ICMP into my network, and I've found no ill affects. > > If blocking ports via your router, be aware that your server will need > to send traffic outbound on ports other than 25. For example, if a > remote server sends incoming packets on port 25, your responses back to > the remote server will be on a random port > 1024. If you only let 25 > back out, your server will never respond to the remote server. I found > this out the hard way. Reflexive ACL's on my Cisco router are what I'm > doing now to handle this, and what I would recommend if using Cisco > equipment. > > I run my webmail on the standard 80/443 ports. Maybe not the smartest > thing (it does still see traffic here and there from stuff like Nimda, > etc.) but that seemed a better tradeoff than trying to teach people why > they have to type 8383 on the end of the URL. > > - Tony > > >>Thanks >>Darrell ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
