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Cyberslam
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reply or forward from public folder using OWA
Exchange, public folder, OWA LOGIN
I have a [nobr style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: #2b65b0;" id="itxt_nobr_0_0">windows[/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: Sep 28 2009  2:35 PM GMT
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SP2 adds security to certain tools like the OWA Spell checker as well. The best workaround is having the users login with DomainName\UserName. 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 Files\Exchsrvr\exchweb\bin\auth\usa\login.asp:


 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”>
 


 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()">


This will not work in multi-domain implementations unless one domain always logs in with the domain name first.
Last Answered: Sep 30 2009  0:35 AM GMT by Mshen   23535 pts.
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Michael Morisy   720 pts.  |   Sep 28 2009  3:42PM GMT

I actually faced this same problem, and never came up with a good solution beyond the clunkiest workarounds. Any other ideas greatly appreciated!

 

Cyberslam   85 pts.  |   Sep 29 2009  9:09AM GMT

Michael, do you mind sharing the clunkiest workarounds that you went through?

Thanks

 

Technochic   40210 pts.  |   Sep 29 2009  6:41PM GMT

Is there a problem with installing a front end server in your organization? I have not investigated it but what about as a vm?

 

Cyberslam   85 pts.  |   Sep 30 2009  3:07PM GMT

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?

 

Mshen   23535 pts.  |   Sep 30 2009  9:51PM GMT

Sorry. This was a workaround for another issue. I should read these questions more carefully.

 

Cyberslam   85 pts.  |   Oct 1 2009  9:22AM GMT

no problem Mshen!

Technochic, instaling another server for this problem doesnt appear to be an option for us

 

Cyberslam   85 pts.  |   Oct 11 2009  12:33PM GMT

any other option guys?

thanks

 
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