Problem with Apache & name resolution

Hi folks,

I'm having some problems getting squirrel mail working on my server at
the moment.

The setup is a server with an ADSL connection using DynDNS to give me
an external name for the server.

If I look at the default page for the server, all works well, however,
when I put in the name

external.name.com/webmail

it gets converted to

internal.name.com/webmail

and can't resolve (naturally).

Why is this getting converted?

I can use squirrel mail interally no problems using the internal name,
but I simply can't access it from outside.

Any ideal please??

Thanks.

Peter Nunn.

> I'm having some problems getting squirrel mail working on my server at
> the moment.
>
> ...
> external.name.com/webmail
>
> it gets converted to
>
> internal.name.com/webmail
>
> and can't resolve (naturally).

A wild guess here, but is this running over HTTPS (HTTP w/ SSL)? The reason
I ask is HTTPS uses a configuration that's distinct from your HTTP server
(s). It doesn't support virtual hosts because the protocol only allows for
one server at an IP. This makes me wonder if the HTTPS plays a role in your
problem.

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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:30:08 +1100, Peter Nunn <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm having some problems getting squirrel mail working on my server at
> the moment.
>
> The setup is a server with an ADSL connection using DynDNS to give me
> an external name for the server.
>
> If I look at the default page for the server, all works well, however,
> when I put in the name
>
> external.name.com/webmail
>
> it gets converted to
>
> internal.name.com/webmail
>
> and can't resolve (naturally).
>
> Why is this getting converted?

Docs for UseCanonicalName explain your error (missing trailing slash if
webmail is a dir) and how to fix it (unless related to SSL per other
reply). You could either fix your URL, fix your ServerName (but then your
LAN may need to locally resolve it to LAN IP), or set UseCanonicalName
Off (so Host from browser instead of ServerName is used in redirects).

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