Re: [squid-users] Reverse proxy on Mail Server

Hello,

I had sent my email yesterday and got no responses at all. Can anyone
provide me with some insights today? thanks much.

~milli~

Milli Gurung wrote:
> Hello all :
>
> I'm giving a scenario below and would like to know if its possible to
> configure Squid as a reverse proxy server for Open Exchange Email Server.
>
> Presently, the Open Exchange Server using IMAP (ox-mail server) is
> inside the firewall (cisco pix). I'd like to put Proxy on the dmz and
> have the web based mail users be able to download emails from ox-mail
> server. The clear purpose of having a reverse proxy is to redirect the
> incoming traffic from the internet and point it to ox-mail server. We
> do not want to house the ox-mail server on the dmz and would like to
> use SSL. Also, we don't want the proxy server to cache the pages but
> just be able to connect o -x-mail server and bring back the users
> request on either port 80 or 443.
>
> We have a DNS server sitting on dmz and its hosts file contains the
> outside address of ox-mail server for Proxy.
>
> Will this scenario work? Or can anyone point me to a good documentation ?
>
> thanks in advance,
>

-- 
Milli Gurung
Asst. Systems Administrator
Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
5850 Shellmound Way
Emeryville, CA 94608
Tel:(510)655.6200