Dear Peter, Thanks alot - that is very helpful! Ill get onto them about doing it properly, and thanks for the rar archive link.
Felix -- On Friday, January 24, 2003, 11:06:39 AM, you wrote: > Hello Felix, > On Friday, January 24, 2003 at 11:29:33 AM you [FB] wrote (at least in > part): FB>> How do I allow self-signed certificates such as this one? Can i do it FB>> without getting my ISP to send me their public/private key? > I don't like to "disappoint" you, but the log output seems to show > this cert is subjected to 'localhost'. So even if you get the public > key you'll not succeed, because after "Trusted Root CA" check The Bat! > does a comparison on "Cert.Subject == POP.Hostname", which will fail > in your case because with a chance of 99% you don't fetch your mail > from "localhost". > Your ISP should generate a certificate for it's stunnel-setup that is > subjected to the official, outside, server name customers are advised > to enter into their mail program. > Nevertheless here's the guide how it would work in general: > Get http://www.ritlabs.com/download/the_bat/beta/openssl.rar, extract > it, open a command line, make this command line window having a height > of at least 43 lines and type > openssl s_client -connect <your.isps.servername.here>:<port> > You'll see a block of "text" surrounded by > -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- > ... > -----END CERTIFICATE----- > Copy this whole block, INCLUDING the 'BEGIN' and 'END' line into a > text file. > Type 'quit' in the command line where a '+OK' should be the last line. > The connection will drop. > Open The Bat! address book, go to "Trusted Root CA", create a new > "Contact". Name it as you like, go to it's "Certificates" tab, use > "Import" and point the dialog to the text file you've just created > above. > Confirm the dialog window by using "OK", the contact is stored, the > very next mail check you do should work, if the POP3 server name > matches the value in certificates subject. --END ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
