using different port

[seb]

I need to use a different port on MSMQ. Can that be specified in the Path
syntax?

[John Breakwell]

Hi Seb,

Are you talking about sending MSMQ messages using the HTTP protocol or the
MSMQ protocol?

If you are using HTTP then, yes, you can specify the port number just as you
would in an Internet Browser to access a web service not listening on the
default port 80.
http://blogs.msdn.com/johnbreakwell/archive/2008/12/15/sending-msmq-messages-over-http-to-a-web-server-not-listening-on-port-80.aspx

If you are using the MSMQ protocol then this is designed around using port
1801. The MsmqIpPort registry value controls this but the notes say "Do not
change the value of this entry. Changing this value can prevent Message
Queuing computers from exchanging messages."
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759698(WS.10).aspx

Cheers
John Breakwell (MSFT)

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[seb]

Sounds like I have to figure out how to use HTTP then. What are the
limitations with HTTP? Can i still use workgroup accounts to authenticate
messages?

[seb]

If I understand this correctly, in order to use a different port other than
the default MSMQ port, I have to use IIS. That means I have to configure
IIS/MSMQ on both ends of the queue?
My design has both machines sending messages to each other.

[John Breakwell (MSFT)]

Hi Seb,

MSMQ/HTTP messaging is used by those people that want to send messages over
the Internet, for example.
You don't need to know anything about HTTP apart from how to address the
message.
IIS and MSMQ will handle delivery for you to the destination queue.
Limitations? Main one is that this is send-only so no remote reading of
messages.

"Can i still use workgroup accounts to authenticate messages?"

I don't understand - workgroup accounts can't be used to authenticate
anything as there is no shared security database.

Cheers
John Breakwell (MSFT)

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[John Breakwell (MSFT)]

Hi Seb,

The *supported* method is restricted to MSMQ/HTTP.
For two-way traffic, you will need IIS at both ends.
You would also need IIS on sender and receiver if you were using
transactional queues as they require acknolwedgement messages to travel back
from the destination.

Why exactly do you want to change the port used by MSMQ?

Cheers
John Breakwell (MSFT)

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