On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM Bret Stern <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there, > > I'm setting up and email server which is reverse proxyied behind a front > end apache server. > > > For the same domain...my dns has both a primary web server server, and > an email server sitting behind a single wan ip. > > First question. > > Is this possible? > > At this point all email is working except smtp, which I'm thinking is a > certificate problem. > > > So I have certicates on the email server apache and the apache server > providing the reverse proxy. > > And of course Postfix and Dovecot could have config issues, but mostly > here I'm looking for verifying my described concept is > > achievable using apache. > > > Comments or links to feasability and tips are always appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Bret > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Email and HTTP server had nothing to do with each other, practically. A reverse HTTP proxy can be used to host a webmail interface to handle those emails, sure, but then just handle the TLS termination either on the edge, or the inner server. For the latter, just use SSLProxyEngine on.
