Re: Cone and SSL

Roel van Meer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.cone
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sam Varshavchik writes:

>> couriertls: connect: error:14090086:SSL
>> routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
>> 
>> Both "Don't send password in clear text" and "Use encrypted connection"
>> are unchecked, and other mail clients connect fine
>> 
>>  From what i can gather it seems cone is trying to use SSL even if its
>> not selected.
>> 
>> Anyone any ideas as to the cause?
> 
> There's a problem with the server's SSL certificate.  The correct solution 
> is to get the server's certificate fixed.
> 
> You can also append "/notls" to the server's name, to disable SSL.  However 
> the correct solution is to get the certificate fixed.

If you append /novalidate-cert to the servers name you do use ssl but you do 
not require the certificate to be signed by a real authority. This way you 
can use the encryption but not the validation of ssl.

Regards,

roel


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