Webmail setup

[jimlongo]

According to the documentation I should be able to access webmail at

• https://mydomain.com:2096 — Access your Webmail over an encrypted connection with your domain name.

However when I do that and enter the email and password the page refreshes with the following (I've lessened the opacity of the bg image so you can see what's behind it).
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[24x7server]

Hi,

From the screenshot, it appears to be related to session ID, but please go through the logs once and paste it here. The cpanel log can be found in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_logs

 

[tmcstom]

This maybe due to CloudFlare proxy based on the domain name in the screenshot.

[~]$dig A prstoronto.com
104.28.28.111
104.28.29.111
[~]$dig NS prstoronto.com
carl.ns.cloudflare.com.
pam.ns.cloudflare.com.

How do I use cPanel with Cloudflare?

My cPanel won't load or keeps logging me out after enabling Cloudflare

Try accessing via the server's IP instead of the domain and see if you get the same results.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

The links in the previous post should help address this issue. Let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

This maybe due to CloudFlare proxy based on the domain name in the screenshot.


How do I use cPanel with Cloudflare?

My cPanel won't load or keeps logging me out after enabling Cloudflare

Try accessing via the server's IP instead of the domain and see if you get the same results.

Thanks tmcstom, I setup a CNAME record at Cloudflare so that mail points to vps.mydomain.com (grey cloud).
I can now use mail.mydomain.com:2096 and login to webmail.

It would be nice if I could add the port to the value of the CNAME record (so I could use simply mail.mydomain.com), but Cloudflare doesn't seem to allow that (or I just don't know the format).

 

[cPanelMichael]

It would be nice if I could add the port to the value of the CNAME record (so I could use simply mail.mydomain.com), but Cloudflare doesn't seem to allow that (or I just don't know the format).

Hello,

The "mail.domain.tld" subdomain isn't supported as a proxy subdomain. However, you could setup the CNAME entry for "webmail.domain.tld" for that purpose.

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

When I try to use webmail.mydomain.com I get a 500

500 Internal Server Error
The request was not completed. The server met an unexpected condition.

webmail.xxxxxxx.com/ (port 80)
Please forward this error screen to webmail.xxxxxxx.com's WebMaster.

 

[cPanelMichael]

When I try to use webmail.mydomain.com I get a 500

500 Internal Server Error
The request was not completed. The server met an unexpected condition.

Could you let us know what's output to /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log when this happens?

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

[Tue Aug 22 12:10:41.586999 2017] [:error] [pid 22855] [client 174.89.32.192:59690] SoftException in Application.cpp:357: UID of script "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/index.html" is smaller than min_uid
[Tue Aug 22 12:10:41.587086 2017] [core:error] [pid 22855] [client 174.89.32.192:59690] End of script output before headers: index.html

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

If you'd like to use "webmail" as a proxy subdomain, ensure the "Proxy Subdomains" feature is enabled under the "Domains" tab in "WHM >> Tweak Settings". If it is, then ensure the "webmail" DNS entry is an "A" record pointing to the same IP address the other proxy subdomains are setup with.

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

Thanks, that works, but it's still necessary to put the port number in the URL.
webmail.mydomain.com:2096 or else I get a certificate warning.

 

[cPanelMichael]

webmail.mydomain.com:2096 or else I get a certificate warning.

Is the AutoSSL feature enabled for this domain name? It's configured from "WHM >> Manage AutoSSL".

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

All accounts are set to

Reset to Feature List Setting
Use setting established by the feature list “default” which is currently set to “enabled”.

Could it be a conflict with Cloudflare's free Flexible SSL certificate?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Could it be a conflict with Cloudflare's free Flexible SSL certificate?

CloudFlare and AutoSSL are not compatible. Here's a link to a post explaining this:

CloudFlare and AutoSSL Validation

Thank you.

 

[jimlongo]

Thank you.