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Secure WebMail

Secure WebMail Overview

The Secure WebMail feature provides a highly secure mechanism for accessing webmail services such as

Microsoft OWA (Outlook Web Access), Lotus iNotes, and IMAP servers. Webmail services provide a simple remote interface for users to access their mail server mailboxes remotely via a web browser.

As these webmail services are accessible from the Internet, they present a number of security challenges. The

Secure WebMail feature is designed to support the use of webmail services while protecting Webmail servers from Internet attacks. The connection is managed using a full application proxy. The WatchGuard XCS completely recreates all HTTP/HTTPS requests made by the external client to the internal webmail server.

User Guide

In a clustered environment, the Secure WebMail proxy can only be enabled on the Primary system in the cluster.

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