Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-15 Thread Mary via mailop
it is typical for shared hosting but in my case, its useful for splitting different departments of the same company On 15 Oct 2022 18:28:47 -0400 John Levine via mailop wrote: > It appears that Mary via mailop said: > > > >I've never heard of SmarterMail server, I use dovecot. > > >

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-15 Thread Thomas Walter via mailop
Hey John, On 16.10.22 00:28, John Levine via mailop wrote: It appears that Mary via mailop said: I've never heard of SmarterMail server, I use dovecot. Dovecot allows me to setup 100+ domains on the same server, each with its own certificate, thus always giving a valid TLS connection

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-15 Thread John Levine via mailop
It appears that Grant Taylor via mailop said: >So MTA-to-MTA probably doesn't mater much if at all. That used to be true but now your life will be easier if your cert's name matches the MTA's name. That's the name of the mail host, not the names of the mail domains it handles. If you are the

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-15 Thread John Levine via mailop
It appears that Mary via mailop said: > >I've never heard of SmarterMail server, I use dovecot. > >Dovecot allows me to setup 100+ domains on the same server, each with its own >certificate, thus always giving a valid TLS connection >without any certificate warnings. Does your IMAP server

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-14 Thread Grant Taylor via mailop
On 10/14/22 10:41 AM, ml+mailop--- via mailop wrote: Almost no MTA cares about the certificate content unless explicitly configured to do so. Emphasis on MTA. I've witnessed Thunderbird, and heard tell of other /MUAs/, caring about the CertSubject and AltNames matching the name used to

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-14 Thread Michael Ellis via mailop
Ak ok I see, thanks! -Original Message- From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of ml+mailop--- via mailop Sent: October 14, 2022 12:42 PM To: mailop@mailop.org Cc: ml+mai...@esmtp.org Subject: Re: [mailop] Certificate Question "What's the problem you are t

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-14 Thread ml+mailop--- via mailop
"What's the problem you are trying to solve?" Almost no MTA cares about the certificate content unless explicitly configured to do so. Some check the names (CertSubject or AltNames), and some are "misconfigured" to require a cert signed by some specific CAs. Testing with just one or two other

Re: [mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-14 Thread Mary via mailop
I've never heard of SmarterMail server, I use dovecot. Dovecot allows me to setup 100+ domains on the same server, each with its own certificate, thus always giving a valid TLS connection without any certificate warnings. On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:56:42 -0400 Michael Ellis via mailop wrote:

[mailop] Certificate Question

2022-10-14 Thread Michael Ellis via mailop
Ok this ESP guy is an excellent programmer but a bit lacking in all else. Can anyone diagnose his issue? Its not my wheelhouse either? Do you know about certificates for mail servers? I’m trying out the SmarterMail server and had some confusion about how to configure secure access. I assumed