Passing parameters to exchange 1

[sqoti]

I have a simple task to pass the userId with the link to Exchange OWA.

example: https:\\mycompany.com\exchange?userid=1234

It hits some kind of redirect and the resulting url in the address is this

https://mycompany.com/exchweb/bin/auth/owalogon.asp?url=

https://mycompany.com/exchange?userid=1234&reason=0

Where/What do I need to modify to prevent the ascii code for the '?' %3f from being added? Is this something that has a simplier solution?

Thanks for any insight!!

 

[Zelandakh]

Take a step back. Tell us why.

 

[sqoti]

First of all, why all of a sudden am I being questioned for my actions? Is this a crime?

Just kidding!!

This is to simple populate the domain/userName field on the login screen, so the user will only have to enter password.

This is launched within a company portal, so the userid comes from a ldap database. I am simple scripting the link to the logon page to do the poplation of that field. Please help if you can.

Thanks again for your help and inquiry into why I am doing this.

 

[Zelandakh]

Ah - in that case why not enable NTLM authentication of the IIS directory then they just go straight in. I used this successfully under Windows 2000 / Exchange 2000 at any rate.

 

[sqoti]

Is there no way to do what I am trying to do? There are some business requirements that are restricting me to just do the what I originally asked help on. I am not an exchange 2003 admin, I am a Java/Portal developer trying to help out our users per their requests. Yes, these question that you ask have been brought up, but I don't have time to elaborate on the reason we are doing this. I can tell you that we don't want them to have straight access into exchange email once they are logged into our portal.

 

[Zelandakh]

If you are a java guy then can you pick up the environment variable for username? I've done this in other apps but never IE / Java. You need the environment variable from the set list "username".

 

[sqoti]

Thanks for your help. It didn't help me any, but I appreciate your effort. If you ever pass a parameter from a url link and populate a form field, let me know. Remember this is all web based and exchange doesn't know any environment variable yet, because the user has not signed in yet to exchange.

 

[Zelandakh]

Not from Exchange, I'm talking about the Windows env variable. Drop to a command prompt and type set. I can do it in VB

 

[sqoti]

That works in a intranet environment What about internet?

 

[Zelandakh]

Irrespective of internet / intranet, how WERE you going to find the username?

 

[sqoti]

Please refer to my reply to your first post on this thread.