I'd tend to think option A is more likely. I have been playing with pop and imap over ssl with Outlook for a while and have not found it to do anything other than throw warnings that you can then accept or decline (this is with newer versions of Outlook and Express).
Specifically, if the CN on the certificate is not exactly the same as the server name entered in Outlook config, Outlook throws an warning. It throws a different warning if the cert is self-signed (but either way you can still accept it). To install a self-signed cert on your client computers, save the certificate as mycert.crt and then double click it in Windows. Click "Install Certificate" and pretty much accept the defaults. It should then let you use a self-signed cert with no warnings. You can view the certs you have installed or add/remove them from within IE's Tools>Internet Options or from the certificate manager in XP. Hope that helps. Gregg > Bret Lewis Sherman writes: > > > Basically i start up imapd-ssl.rc and pop3-ssl.rc and when i try to access > > my mail via pop3-ssl or imap-ssl in a ssl client, the client returns an > > error code: 0x800ccc0e. This seems to be true with several different mail > > clients. The main one i am using is Outlook (because my clients will need > > it). > > The usual explanation for a completely uninformative error diagnostic from > Microsoft software when SSL is involved is either: > > A) Wrong protocol version (SSL2/SSL3/TLS1), or > > B) The client does not like unsigned or self-signed certificates. > > The protocol version can be adjusted in imapd-ssl configuration file. The > client's configuration must be adjusted to indicate that your server > certificate is trusted. Someone once said that you do that by actually > firing up Internet Explorer, and telling it to open the certificate file. > The resulting dialog should have an option to import and mark the > certificate as trusted. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. > The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. > Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. > www.slickedit.com/sourceforge > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-us ers > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
