Not much, actually.  Just a more straight-forward example.

That is why I wanted to take some time and think about it before just
jumping into the wiki. ;o)

Scott


On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Eric Shubert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Scott. Don't be shy about re-doing what's there. ;)
>
> Out of curiousity as much as anything, what's different about this
> procedure?
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
> Scott Hughes wrote:
>
>> I have confirmed that this works in Outlook 2007.  I haven't had time to
>> check any other clients.  Apparently is seems that Outlook 2007 has an AUTH
>> issue that did not show up under Courier IMAP, but does show up under
>> Dovecot IMAP.
>>
>> Here are the steps I took to get the StartCom (http://cert.startcom.org/)
>> free cert. to work:
>>
>> 1) Obtain the ssl.key and ssl.crt file from StartCom (cut and paste) and
>> saving them onto my QMT server.
>>
>> NOTE: During the process of getting the cert from StartCom, you will be
>> required to put a password on the .key file.  If your provider did not
>> require a password, skip the next step.
>>
>> 2) Copy your original private key (ssl.key) so that you can retain it
>> untouched:
>> # cp ssl.key pvt_ssl.key
>>
>> 3) This next step will remove the password from your key file:
>> # openssl rsa -in pvt_ssl.key -out ssl.key
>>
>> 4) Backup your old servercert.pem file (just in case):
>> # cp /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
>> /var/qmail/control/old_servercert.pem
>>
>> 5) This step will put the ssl.key and ssl.crt file together and in the
>> correct place:
>> # cat ssl.key ssl.crt > /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
>>
>> That is it!  As always please feel free to point out any mistakes in this
>> or anything that would make it better!
>>
>> Eric - I wanted to get this information out and I will think about the
>> best way to update the wiki page. There is still some good information on
>> there that I wouldn't want to step on by mistake.  I may put a 'Notes'
>> section on the bottom.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Eric Shubert <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Scott Hughes wrote:
>>
>>        I am interested in obtaining a real certificate for my mail
>>        server.  I have signed up with StartCom
>>        (http://cert.startcom.org/) for a free one.  They appear to be
>>        the most recognized of the free services.
>>
>>        My question is this:  How do I go about applying this to my QMT
>>        setup? StartCom gave me two things: 1) A private key cert  2)
>>        the actual key cert (I think).  They suggested saving the files
>>        as ssl.key and ssl.crt respectively.
>>
>>        Never having done anything like this before, I put the .crt file
>>        in place of the servercert.pem file with no luck.
>>
>>        Scott
>>
>>
>>    Your answer should be on the
>>    http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/Certificate page. That page
>>    could use some cleaning up, so please update it if you'd like to
>>    improve it.
>>
>>    --     -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>>
>>
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