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Subject:    Re: [SM-USERS] Problem sending email, using reverse proxy - SOLVED
From:       Jeroen Hooyberghs <jeroen.hooyberghs () fks ! be>
Date:       2008-02-14 17:55:55
Message-ID: 47B480AB.40004 () fks ! be
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Paul Lesniewski wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Jeroen Hooyberghs
> <jeroen.hooyberghs@fks.be> wrote:
> 
> > Paul Lesniewski wrote:
> > > On Feb 11, 2008 7:39 AM, Jeroen Hooyberghs <jeroen.hooyberghs@fks.be> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hey,
> > > > 
> > > > I have the following issue: I'm running my own apache2/squirrelmail at
> > > > home on port 8000. I purchised a domainname, wich allowed me to use
> > > > reverse proxy so I can just access it using port 80 in any browser.
> > > > 
> > > > Everything is working nicely when I connect directly on port 8000 (so
> > > > when not using my domain name, but on IP:8000).
> > > > 
> > > > Also when I connect on http://domainname:80, it seems to be working all,
> > > > except for 1 thing.
> > > > When I compose a new email, the screen displays the usual things (with
> > > > frame url:
> > > > http://domainname/src/compose.php?mailbox=INBOX&startMessage=1), so far
> > > > so good.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Why?  This URI does not have the :80 that you stated above.  Please explain.
> > > 
> > > 
> > My bad, just wanted to show that traffic should go on port 80, so what I
> > actually do is just open http://domainname.
> > 
> > 
> > > > However when I press send, it displays connection timed out
> > > > 
> > > > after a minute. The URL the frame has at that time is
> > > > http://domainname:8000/src/right_main.php?mailbox=INBOX&sort=0&startMessage=1.
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > So the port number is a problem here, right?  Where did SM get the
> > > port from?  My guess would be that you configured the
> > > $config_base_location, although that doesn't make full sense.  It
> > > might be best to do so.
> > > 
> > > 
> > Indeed, the portnumber is the problem, it should just stay
> > http://domainname instead of the http://domainname:8000.
> > I haven't touched the $config_base_location yet, but I'll look for it
> > and try to modify it to see if that changed anything.
> > 
> > I don't know where SM gets that portnumber, but on my local apache2,
> > everything is configured on port 8000, nothing runs on port 80 locally.
> > 
> 
> This is why.  PHP gets the request on port 8000 so SM knows it is
> really on that port and builds the "location base" using that
> information.  It does not know you are running any proxies in front of
> it.  So you need to manually tell it what the "location base" is.  You
> can also change it in conf.pl -> 4 -> 15
> 
> 
It worked like a charm, I just entered http://domainname as location 
base, and that did it.

Thanks a lot!
> > Shouldn't have to be a problem though, right? The strange thing is that
> > it only seems to be happening after pressing 'send'.
> > 
> > 
> > > > The mail is send just fine, the only thing that goes wrong is the
> > > > 
> > > > loading of the frame.
> > > > 
> > > > I use debian stable/etch, and tried with debian included version
> > > > squirrelmail_1.4.9a-2, as well as the latest 1.4.13 from the website.
> > > > Same problem occurs with or without plugins.
> > > > 
> > > > Can anyone give me a hand with this?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
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