[clue-tech] SSL IMAP

[Nate Duehr]

On May 23, 2007, at 11:57 PM, Mike Staver wrote:

> I am a moron when it comes to the basics of SSL when it's not  
> related to a website.  I would like to encrypt my email now that I  
> have my new CentOS install completed.  I took some of your advice  
> and I started using DoveCot along with Sendmail, and things seem to  
> be going well.  I am currently using SSL, but it's a self signed  
> cert obviously.  My question is, to get a signed cert do I have to  
> pay Thawte or Verisign for it, or can I have anybody sign it to  
> make the thunderbird warning go away?

Look for the "Remember Mismatched Domains" plugin for T-Bird and  
Firefox.  It stops the warnings on domains you choose.

Currently broken on Mac architecture, but broken to fix Linux.   
(Actually to go around a bug that the Linux Mozilla devs refused  
outright to fix.)

Cheaper than paying for a signature, that's for sure!

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Nate Duehr
nate at natetech.com