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I can't access port 443 / https or my email-
server which communicate via port 443. What seems to be the problem, I have tryed almost everything.

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by danlm

port 443 is used for ssl communication via a web browser. For your reference.
http://www.grc.com/port_443.htm Email communciation for ssl is done through a different port, gmail allows ssl access via your mail client this way. It is a different port. Either port 993 or 995 for this type of communcation for email clients.

When you say you can not access either https or your email, are you trying to access your email through a web page?

Next question, and please bare with me.
Is the server you are trying to connect to yout buisness server? If so, was you trying to connect to it from home or at the office?

Also, are you getting any error messages?
- Page not found?
- Web page just times out?
- Security message such as your do not have access?

There can be several reasons that you are unable to access a web page that is ssl, ie: https
1). The server may be set up to only accept browsers that can understand later release's of ssl.
2). You may be getting firewalled. Either by the firewall you have inhouse(home/office) not allowing out going connections on port 443 or by the server the web page is hosted on not allowing you to connect to it.
3). If you are getting a not found condition. Domain name given to you is incorrect, typo, or that domain is no longer hosted.

Have you tried to connect to these web pages without the https? ie: http://secure.yearight.com

This may seem like a lot of questions, but I am trying to drill down to how you are trying to access these services.

Dan

by jstlouis82

What exactly have you tried, did you try the basics, like telnet to the port through dos. If you try "telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 443" and get connection refused then a firewall or filtered router is dropping your connection. Or if connection failed, it reached your machine and the port was not opened. Also from where are you trying to access this device from, internal or external to your network?

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