Project Server 2003

I have Project Server 2003. I am able to connect via collaborate to Project web Access (https://server.domain.com), however when I try to publish a project from project 2003 it fails (remotely, on on the internal network). However, I can publish a project if I am connected to our internal network. My question is: Can I publish a Project, when not connected to the internal network ? or will I have to be connected via a VPN connecton first.
side note: I was able to publish a project when in project 2003 out side our internal network, when i opened up port 1433 on our firewall. however, that doesn't seem too safe.

thank you

I'd guess that you aren't authenticating to the remote end (trying to FTP anonymously). Go to the Project Settings in CCS, then to the Publishing tab where you should select the "FTP" location. Now you will see all the settings for server, login, password, etc. Check these for correctness. If they look fine, then try an FTP from your window's command prompt to see if that works (probably will fail, too). At least this will help you determine where the problem is, but I suspect it's something like not having write-permission to the destination directory you are choosing or maybe FTP is not actually using the location you THINK it is.

The 2003 Microsoft Project version employed ODBC to connect to the server, which is problematic over low bandwidth and high latency connections. ....

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