tamda Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Hi, My websites are hosted by TCH and wondering if there is a way to redirect webmail access automatically to secure access. What I am trying to do is, if I type "*****/webmail", I want it redirected to "https://www.****/webmail" (note the "s" at the end of "http"). I don't want to embed a script on the website to direct my users to SquirrelMail or Horde because they won't have access to "Change Password", "Forwarding Options", "Auto Responder", and "Aging" options. Unless they login the regular way which will be too much of a hassle. Thanks for the help. Dave Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Do you have your own SSL certificate? Quote
tamda Posted February 28, 2006 Author Posted February 28, 2006 Do you have your own SSL certificate? No. I just use the one provided by TCH. Quote
TCH-Don Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 try a redirect to a link like this https://tch-domain-name.com:2096/ Quote
tamda Posted February 28, 2006 Author Posted February 28, 2006 try a redirect to a link like thishttps://tch-domain-name.com:2096/ Hi Don, How? The "redirect" in CPANEL only lets you redirect to "http://" and not "https://" Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Edit the .htaccess file manually after you set up the redirect to add the "s" and it should work. The .htaccess file can be edited using File Manager in cPanel. It will be in the public_html folder. Quote
TCH-Don Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Hmmm I tried but it looks like webmail can't be redirected even with editing the .htacess file to add the s in https I just have a link to web mail as above on my site Quote
tamda Posted March 1, 2006 Author Posted March 1, 2006 Bruce, I got the same result as Don. It just brought me to the regular (http://) webmail screen instead of the secured webmail (https://). Did we do something wrong? Thanks. Quote
TCH-Don Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I am sure its because webmail is a special folder, thats why I ended up using a secure link on my site. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I wasn't sure if it was possible or not. Without your own SSL cert it may not be. Quote
jmfrey Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 I'd like to revisit this topic, if I may. I've been using Squirrel mail for some time now and have successfully done so with https://****/sqmail I'd like to move to Roundcube, which I can only get to by using http://****/webmail and then wait for the redirect. Because of the special folder status causing the redirects to port 2095, I am not able to get a secure connection. I need to be able to connect securely so I don't pass my username/password in the clear over the network. What options are there? Do I need to install my own version of Roundcube in my site for this? Has anyone else successfully done so? Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 You can get to it securely if you do this: >https://your-domain.ext/webmail When prompted to login, use your email address and password. If that fails because of the shared SSL certificate do this: >https://your-TCH-servername/webmail Again, use your email address and password to login. Quote
jmfrey Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Yeah, that works. I was hoping for a less "kludgy" way of doing it. With the webmail folder I have to select whether I'm behind a firewall that blocks 2096 or not. Then I have to wait for the auto-redirect. Squirrelmail is setup to use https://domain/sqmail - it would be nice if you could also https://domain/roundcube or horde if you so chose. Quote
TCH-Carl Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Squirrelmail is setup to use https://domain/sqmail That particular installation of squirrelmail is a cpanel independent one that we maintained so that clients can access their email if the default port 2095/2096 is blocked. This will be discontinued shortly as cpanel now provides "proxy domains" which would port 2095,2096 to 80. This can be accessed via http://webmail.your-tch-domain.ext/ If this feature is not available on your server, kindly give us some time. It is being pushed gradually as and when servers are upgraded. Quote
jmfrey Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 That's good to know. Thanks. I just checked and it works for my domain. Is there any way to set the default webmail app without having to wait for the auto-redirect? Quote
jmfrey Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 It appears that you can add the appropriate subdirectories to get straight to the webmail app you want. RoundCube https://webmail.domain.xxx/3rdparty/roundcube/ Horde https://webmail.domain.xxx/horde/index.php Squirrelmail http://webmail.domain.xxx/3rdparty/squirrelmail/ Quote
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