What's Up uses ICMP and TCP, Most Firewalls allow only TCP through on
standard setup. Try setting What's up to use TCP only and it should be
happier. Or (less secure) open up ICMP to the Web server.
-V
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] firewall
> Actually, I had changed the default port to 80 in web messaging manager
and
> it was working inside the firewall. I then decided I would just open 80 to
> everything. I then started narrowing what could use port 80 and when I got
> back to the original configuration web messaging was working outside the
> firewall. I don't know exactly what happened but its working now on port
80
> through the firewall. Whatsup however still does not see it as a www
> service.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gregor Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 7:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] firewall
>
>
> The web interface runs on Port 8383, not the default port of 80. try
> allowing that port through your firewall.
>
> Gregor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Sheldon
> Sent: Thursday, 24 June 1999 12:42
> To: IMail Forum (E-mail)
> Subject: [IMail Forum] firewall
>
>
> I just put up my firewall and discovered I can't get the web messaging to
> work through it. I have setup the web messaging port as 80 so that it
would
> be a normal www service. Apparently there is something special about the
> web interface. If I open the firewall for www for that server it won't let
> it pass and Whatsup (an ipswitch network monitoring program) doesn't
> recognize that it has a www service running either.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> Jim Sheldon
> Texas Communications
> 409-775-6239
> http://www.texascom.com
>
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