reply or forward from public folder using OWA
I have a [nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: #2b65b0;" id="itxt_nobr_0_0">windows
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2003 with exchange 2003 sp2 installed. I recently found out that it is
not possible to reply or forward mails from the public folder using
OWA.
A bit of googling lead me to the following where it is mentioned:
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid43_gci1256505,00.html#
"By design, unless you are accessing OWA through a front-end server (and
not directly via a back-end server), you will not be able to use the
Reply, Reply All, or Forward functions for messages contained in public
folders. While you'll be able to reply to and forward all messages in
your mailbox regardless of how you access OWA, unless you go through an
Exchange 2003 front-end server, you will not be able to take these
actions for public folder messages."
Is there any work around to this?
Thanks
Software/Hardware used:
Exchange 2003
[/nobr]
2003 with exchange 2003 sp2 installed. I recently found out that it is
not possible to reply or forward mails from the public folder using
OWA.
A bit of googling lead me to the following where it is mentioned:
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid43_gci1256505,00.html#
"By design, unless you are accessing OWA through a front-end server (and
not directly via a back-end server), you will not be able to use the
Reply, Reply All, or Forward functions for messages contained in public
folders. While you'll be able to reply to and forward all messages in
your mailbox regardless of how you access OWA, unless you go through an
Exchange 2003 front-end server, you will not be able to take these
actions for public folder messages."
Is there any work around to this?
Thanks Software/Hardware used:
Exchange 2003
ASKED:
September 28, 2009 2:35 PM
UPDATED:
October 11, 2009 12:33 PM
Answer Wiki:
SP2 adds security to certain tools like the OWA Spell checker as well. The best workaround is having the users login with DomainNameUserName. That should fix all of your issues.
For my environment, I used forms based authentication and added a few lines of code to login.asp so it would automatically add the domain name to the username field if the user forgot to put in the domain name.
This is what to changed in C:Program FilesExchsrvrexchwebbinauthusalogin.asp:
<pre>
ORIGINAL CODE:
<% If g_fIsMSIE5Rich Then %>
<BODY scroll=”AUTO” bgColor=”#3D5FA3” text=”#000000” leftMargin=0 topMargin=0>
<FORM action=”/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll” method=”POST” name=”logonForm” autocomplete=”off”>
<% Else %>
<BODY scroll=”AUTO” bgColor=”#FFFFFF” text=”#000000” onload=”window.document.logonForm.username.focus()”>
<FORM action=”/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll” method=”POST” name=”logonForm”>
</pre>
<pre>
MODIFIED CODE:
<BODY scroll=”AUTO” bgColor=”#3D5FA3” text=”#000000” leftMargin=0 topMargin=0>
<!--
<FORM action=”/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll” method=”POST” name=”logonForm” autocomplete=”off”>
-->
<script type="text/javascript" language=”javascript”>
function logonForm_onsubmit() {
var userName=logonForm.username.value;
if (userName.indexOf("@") !=-1)
return true;
else if(userName.indexOf("") !=-1)
return true;
else{
logonForm.username.value = "DOMAINNAME" + userName;
return true;
}
}
</script>
<form action="/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll" method="POST" id="logonForm" autocomplete="off" onsubmit="logonForm_onsubmit()">
<% Else %>
<BODY scroll=”AUTO” bgColor=”#FFFFFF” text=”#000000” onload=”window.document.logonForm.username.focus()”>
<!--
<FORM action=”/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll” method=”POST” name=”logonForm”>
-->
<script type="text/javascript" language=”javascript”>
function logonForm_onsubmit() {
var userName=logonForm.username.value;
if (userName.indexOf("@") !=-1)
return true;
else if(userName.indexOf("") !=-1)
return true;
else{
logonForm.username.value = "DOMAINNAME" + userName;
return true;
}
}
</script>
<form action="/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll" method="POST" id="logonForm" autocomplete="off" onsubmit="logonForm_onsubmit()">
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This will not work in multi-domain implementations unless one domain always logs in with the domain name first.
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I actually faced this same problem, and never came up with a good solution beyond the clunkiest workarounds. Any other ideas greatly appreciated!
Michael, do you mind sharing the clunkiest workarounds that you went through?
Thanks
Is there a problem with installing a front end server in your organization? I have not investigated it but what about as a vm?
Mshen , even if i log in with domainnameusername i still don’t get to see the reply and forward in the public folders of OWA.
Any other suggestios?
Sorry. This was a workaround for another issue. I should read these questions more carefully.
no problem Mshen!
Technochic, instaling another server for this problem doesnt appear to be an option for us
any other option guys?
thanks