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Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

fabrizio — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:57 -0000

Hello.
I don't understand the "inside the domain" version
May you explain URI "from inside"? I would to use Thunderbird at office.

Domain = companyname.com is clear

URI = http://server.domainname.local/owa is not clear.

What have i to write? Are the words "server" and "local" for example?
Our domainsname is like companyName_one or companyName_intra (ITmen use the same word (companyName) used in the URL www.companyName.it).
Should i write http://server.companyName_one.local/owa or not?
In this case, it does not work.

Many thanks in advance

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

m1lithium — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:05:08 -0000

Awesome!
Worked Perfectly on the first try!
Thank You!

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Vili — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:04:08 -0000

Hi, my situation is just a little more complicated. I have an exchange account that is name.surname@sub.domain.com
To log in using Outlook is different, though, I should enter nsurname@sub.domain.com
Nevertheless, when I use the web interface the link is https://domain/exchweb/bin/auth/owalogon.asp?ur... (without using the sub.domain) and to log in I have to enter simply nsurname and my password.
I have tried almost every possible combination but still no results. Can someone help me please ?

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

omvsj — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:31:23 -0000

Wow! It took me 1 hour to understand how to configure TB-OWA to work with my University's server. After reading all the posts, dealing with the Negative vibes's thing and following Warren's post this is what I did:

OWA Options:
Accounts
- Mode = Screen Ripper
Domains:
- Domain = university.edu
- Uri = https://mail.university.edu/exchange/

Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings:
Server Name: localhost
Username: myusername@university.edu

It couldn't be easier (after understanding it, of course ;) )!

THANKS A LOT!

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Name — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:00:04 -0000

Re: the problems with the unzipped owa file not containing an .xpi file, try unzipping from the command line.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

plnnightsky — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:34:43 -0000

There is an important part missing. Where does one put password in to connect?

Everything is working for me up to set 3. I confirmed the information is correct. When I go to set 5 account does not show up. I also have to use secure connection.

I don't know what else to do

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Scott — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:42 -0000

Works for me!
Thank you!

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

mareke — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:39:55 -0000

Thx. This solve my problem.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

kreso — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:51:07 -0000

Has anyone that had the problem of not been able to send attachments , solved the issue?

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

radicalgnostic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:42:33 -0000

"Unable to connect to server; connection refused."

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

radicalgnostic — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:03:51 -0000

Can't read mail because connection to localhost is refused. Is it because I'm running a Linux box?

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

peterkao — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:25:04 -0000

Hi Warren - thank you for explaining this distinction!
Peter Kao

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Warren — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:40:07 -0000

It took me a little longer to figure my settings out than what was provided above so I'd like to share how I got mine working.
As an IT administrator in my company I'd like to make it clear the difference between companyname and domainname, companyname is the name of the company ie www.companyname.com, domainname is the name we use to authenticate ourselves against active directory ie exchange server.
I've had to modifiy my settings slightly once I got mine working outside of our domain to make it work inside our domain as the address to connect to OWA actually goes to our firewall interface... Whats the point of users accessing OWA from within the network since we all have outlook anyway. To get around this I've included the setup for that as well below.

If I'm not inside the domain>

OWA Options > Domains:
Domain = companyname.com
Uri = http://mail.companyname.com/owa

Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings:
Server Name: companyname.com
Username: myusername

If I'm inside the domain >

OWA Options > Domains:
Domain = companyname.com
Uri = http://server.domainname.local/owa

Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings
Server Name = server.domainname.local
Username = myusername

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

name — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:09:58 -0000

change all the "localhost" stuff that he's talking about with the server that u wonna use

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

andriesmalan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:48:16 -0000

Will this work if imap,pop,smtp is disabled on your exchange server

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

andriesmalan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:42:23 -0000

Hi there I have issues connecting my email address is
andries.malan@gijima.com but i logon to owa with
astza\10011542 i also get the connection refused error message please help me set this up

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

guido — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:53:06 -0000

Hello,

I can not find that add-on file mentioned in step 1. who can help me with the exact name or location?

thanx,

Guido

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

carlitos — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:56:09 -0000

Thanks for taking the time...

I got it working...
I wish open office would make an Outlook alternative

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Brian — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:59 -0000

Thanks for making this post. I've read through the comments but am still having trouble with configuring Thunderbird with my work's Exchange server.

I enabled logging and pulled up the OWA log. Reading through it, I can see it's pulling up the OWA interface. At the end of the log there is this message:

4:33:37 PM--commd.js - callback - status :200
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - callback - checking for cookies
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - callback - received cookies
UserContext=835b6f114e354b43a202e729cc1bf85a; path=/
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - callback - Checking for Bounce
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - clear - START
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - clear - END
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - loginOnloadHandler - START
4:33:37 PM--OWA-SMTP-SR - loginOnloadHandler - szLocation :https://mail.lakewood.cc/owa/
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - loginOnloadHandler - status :200
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js: loginHandler : Exception : ReferenceError.
Error message: kOWABaseAlt is not defined
186
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - serverComms - START
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - serverComms msg -ERR negative vibes from brianp@lakewood.cc
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - serverComms sent count: 45 msg length: 45
4:33:37 PM--nsOWA.js - serverComms - END
4:33:37 PM--HttpComms3.js - callback - END

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Derek — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:00:38 -0000

I get the "vibes" error. Tried everything without success.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Chris — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:15 -0000

Thank you VERY much for writing this up. I've been looking for how to do this for a long time and finally had success when I followed your instructions. I appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Rick — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:48:14 -0000

Works ok, but...
I cant send emails to more than 1 person.
If i send an email to 5 people, no one gets the email, and i see the email in my sent folder...

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Filipe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:22:55 -0000

Hi there.
I manged to configure my account but, i'm not able to send any attachements in my emais. Anyone was able to configure that? please help.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

Jo — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:13:02 -0000

To make this work I needed to make some slight changes to the domain name I typed in to the Webmail - OWA options. When I log on to my webmail, in the box where it asks for username I usually need to put a domain, then a backslash, then my username, so: domain/username, but this domain isn't the same as the domain which is part of my email address. I found that I could only get Thunderbird to access my email if I changed the domain in the Webmail - OWA options to be the domain name that I use as part of my webmail log-on, then a dot, then the domain which is the part of my email address.

Re: HOWTO: Configure Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Web Access for Thunderbird

ZB — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:39:53 -0000

Worked perfect first time, although I cannot send outgoing attachments. I receive them perfectly. Seems like that's just the way it works...if I need to attach I'll just log onto the web interface.

Thank you very much for this tutorial!