[H-GEN] how do I get microsoft small business server working within iceweasel?

[remoray]

On 07/11/10 19:20, remoray wrote:
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> Hi guys,
>
> I've got debian with iceweasel, and I want to connect to microsoft 
> small business server, so I can access the email account of a 
> volunteer institution I am a member of.
>
> When I first tried it, I was told I had to create an exception for the 
> website, which I did.
>
> Then I just get the message;
>
> "Cannot connect to the Remote Web Workplace site. To continue, contact 
> your network administrator."
>
> So, I'm a bit stuck.
>
> I know that when I do this at work (windows xp and IE 6) a new browser 
> window is created. But at home (debian iceweasel) no new window or tab 
> is created.
>
>

I remembered some more details.

I got the remote web workplace email to work last week, on my other 
computer, an emac running Mac OS X and firefox. It worked successfully 
then, which is why I thought it should work on linux running iceweasel.

I plugged the emac in and tried the website again. I even browsed my 
history file to make sure I went to exactly the same place. And this 
time it didn't work, instead I got the error I describe above.

So, now I'm thinking that the problem isn't at my end, but at the host's 
end. Which means I should just wait a day or two to see if they fix it 
themselves.

Cheers,
nick