If you want to use OWA or other web-based mail, then get an SSL certificate, and use a clearly defined pipe into your LAN.
| -----Original Message----- | From: Hunt, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 08:34 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: Mail server | | | What about end people that need web based access to their | mail server such | as Outlook Web Access? A simple gateway (with virus | scanning) doesn't do | the trick. | | What is the preferred way for that set up (on a limited budget)? | | Jim Hunt | Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer | Northwestern School Corporation | | | -----Original Message----- | From: Steve Bremer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 12:59 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: Mail server | | > | > The usual way to configure mail infrastructure in most | small-to-medium | > sized businesses is to have a mail gateway (sometimes known | as a relay | > server) in the DMZ, and your production mail server in the LAN. | | I would tend to agree with Kurt on this. That way you can use | something really secure like qmail as your mail gateway. This | prevents your internal, possibly less secure, (e.g. exchange) mail | server from being directly exposed to the Internet. | | Just my opinion. | | Steve | |
