On 11/27/01 11:30 AM, Colin Davis wrote: > Subject: > > Re: Imap/SSL problem > From: > > Colin Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > > Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:30:01 -0500 > > Newsgroups: > > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news > > > Colin Davis wrote: > > >>> I'm trying to figure out what the problem is with Mozilla .96 and my >>> IMAP server. >>> .95 worked fine, but soon after (2 weeks or so), the new nightlies >>> wouldn't log in. >>> >>> I've been trying to figure out what's changed, and what I need to do >>> about it. >>> >>> >> > > I've heard back from the school regarding what they use for the IMAP/SSL > server. > > > UMail uses the Cyrus IMAP server (from CMU). The SSL encryption is handled > by stunnel (built from OpenSSL). The server certificate we're running is a > commercial cert from Thawte. It's current and so there shouldn't be any > problems using it. The only funny thing about it is the server name on the > cert is a wildcarded name: mail-*.oit.umass.edu This allows us to use > the same cert on multiple UMail servers. > > Can anyone see anything that might be the problem? > Colin >
fyi, I use Mozilla with the Cyrus IMAP server at CMU using SSL and haven't had any problems. So maybe your certificate is the issue. Ask in n.p.m.crypto. Can you navigate to any https website that uses the same certificate? If you can't then it might be the certificate problem. Pratik.
