Chris Arnold wrote:
> >OK, if I understand you correctly...
>
> >I see you having two options.
>
> >You can configure your router/fire wall to route the traffic to the
> >individual servers behind the fire wall, (if this is possible, it is
> >the BEST way to do it IMO). This means that port 80 traffic for
> >webmail.example.com should go to the web mail server and all other
> >port 80 traffic to the web server. Most routers intended for
> >business/professional use allow you to do just this sort of thing. If
> >you are using one intended for the consumer market, all bets are off
> >as to whether it supports such a configuration.
>Our router/firewall does allow for this but as was stated in the
>other posts (look in the vhost.conf that i posted) webserver answers
>for port 80 and the webmail server answers for port 8080. So when
>users type in webmail.some-domain.tld, this goes to the webserver
>and not the webmail server (these users have trouble remembering to
>type :8080 at the end of the address which results in help desk
>calls). Just so you know, we use a Juniper/Netscreen router/firewall.
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So why not have the web mail server responding to port 80 (as it should)?

Then you configure your router as I suggested. Problem solved and no
funky business with redirects or proxies.

Dragon

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