HTTP to HTTPS

Question asked by Devang Shah - 4/15/2016 at 3:32 PM

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Hello,

is there a possibilty in Sm 14 or SM 15 to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS?

http://mail.domain1.com to httpS://secure.maindomain.com

http://mail.domain2.com to httpS://secure.maindomain.com

i have tried IIS Rewrite but it will force all domain to HTTPS for their respective domain only and not to one specific domain

Domain regiatrar has option to forward entire domain and not part of it and also many domains are managed by diff registrars so even that is not workable option

regards,

Devang

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Scarab Replied

4/15/2016 at 4:11 PM

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Devang,

This is what we use in our web.config (in the system.webServer section):

</conditions>

</rule>

</rules>

</rewrite>

Bruce Barnes Replied

4/15/2016 at 6:07 PM

Great HTTP to HTTPS rewrite rule, Scarab. Thanks for posting.

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Devang Shah Replied

4/16/2016 at 1:54 AM

Dear SCARAB,

Great Rule, worked like Magic, thanks for posting

all should try this simple code for HTTP to HTTPS rewrite

Regards,

Devang

Hemen Shah Replied

4/30/2016 at 2:50 AM

Hi,

Implemented the rewrite rule given by Scarab and worked like charm, but post that i notice that email id creation through HELM is giving error and users on helm panel are not able to create email ids, i tried removing this rule and it works, so can anyone guide why is this rule creating issue.

Thanks

Hemen Shah Replied

4/30/2016 at 4:33 AM

Sorted, actually webservices url was already getting redirected to https due to which email id creation through control panel was giving error, now have excluded the same in the rewrite rule and works fine.

Thanks

Employee Replied

1/20/2017 at 1:37 PM

Employee Post

Hey guys!

First off, thank you, Scarab for posting your workaround script. We appreciate your participation in the Community.

Secondly, I just wanted to send a quick note that an option to force HTTPS will be included in SmarterMail 16.x, which is currently in BETA and will be available within the first quarter of this year. The setting will be found by System Administrators in the Miscellaneous Settings > Server Info section. The following settings will be available: Require SSL and Allow domains to override SSL Requirement.

Prior to enabling this setting in SmarterMail 16.x, you must ensure the product is set up as a site in IIS and have a valid SSL certificate in place on the server. SmarterMail 16.x is currently in BETA, so keep an eye out for the final release! ...Coming soon!

Thank you!

Employee Replied

1/20/2017 at 1:38 PM

Employee Post

I posted a more detailed reply down below, but I wanted to add a quick note here as well. The ability to force HTTPS will be included natively in SmarterMail 16.x.

Muthunallu Raja G Replied

6/29/2017 at 10:45 AM

Hello Bruce,

I have comodo SSL for my smartermail server 13.x. After following this article also, still URL redirection fails. Am i missing something which am supposed to follow. I just want to redirect the URL from HTTP to HTTPS.

kindly guide me, Thanks.

Muthunallu Raja G Replied

6/30/2017 at 1:43 AM

Hello Scarab,

I have comodo SSL for my smartermail server 13.x. After following this article also, still URL redirection fails. Am i missing something which am supposed to follow. I just want to redirect the URL from HTTP to HTTPS.

Even i applied this setting in \SmarterMail\MRS\web.config.

\\----below error am getting ----//

404 - File or directory not found.

The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
\\---------//

kindly guide me, Thanks.

Chris Danks Replied

6/10/2019 at 11:06 AM

We are using latest build of smartermail 17 (30may/2019 build)

I have enabled force SSL on domain settings. if someone visits http://mail.DOMAIN it prefixes https://

how do we get it to redirect to the domain that has a SSL enabled? ie http://mail.domain forwards to https://securedomain_that_we_setup

I can use the above web.config but I assume this will just get overwrote whenever we update smartermail?

Devang Shah Replied

6/11/2019 at 3:52 AM

Hi,

I guess http to https redirection in web.config file works only for main domain & not for other addon domains even though which have diff SSL enabled

last i heard that SM was to add that functionality in upcoming SM versions, don't know whether it's added or no as i am on SM 16

Regards,

Devang

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