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Old 20-05-2007, 17:31
Chrisp Chrisp is offline
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Default Accessing webmail behind a strict firewall

I have been using the cPanel Proxy scripts (http://cpanelproxy.net/) for a number of years. cPanel Proxy enables you to access your cPanel or Webmail through port 80 (http), rather than the usual port 2082 for cPanel and port 2095 for webmail - meaning you can access it through a strict firewall, such as from my place of work.

Background : How cPanel Proxy works:
It's really easy to install - just create the subdomains "cpanel" and "webmail" and copy the cPanel Proxy scripts into their respective folders (public_html/cpanel & public_html/webmail)

Then, by visiting http://cpanel.~yourdomain~.tld or http://webmail.~yourdomain~.tld you will be able to access these facilities via port 80, bypassing any a strict port blocking firewalls.

The Problem:
However, since the cPanel 11 upgrade, When I go to http://webmail.pratt.me.uk, it always tries to access http://webmail.pratt.me.uk:2095/ - Hence it gets blocked when i'm at work. Please PM me for details of a test account.

Interestingly though, using the cpanel subdomain takes me to cPanel through port 80 and I can access it at work with no problems at all!

Has anyone else had a similar problem? Do you use a different method to access your webmail from work? Has the webmail setup on the server changed during the upgrade?


Thanks in advance,

Chris

Last edited by Chrisp; 20-05-2007 at 17:44.
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