[imp] IMP and Secure IMAP

Edward Glowacki glowack2@msu.edu
22 May 2002 13:36:48 -0400


On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 13:16, Phil Dibowitz wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I (finally) got my Cyrus server doing secure Imap. I can check my mail via 
> secure IMAP from an external IMAP client (NS 6.2.2).
> 
> However, IMP seems to have a huge problem with doing secure IMAP. The only 
> possible reason I can think of is that my certificate is self-generated and 
> not by a CA. Netscape warns that the certificate is not from a CA it 
> recognizes, and then moves on. I don't know if this bothers IMP or not.

If you're not using a signed certificate, try this in
horde/imp/config/servers.php under your server setup:

    'protocol' => 'imap/ssl/novalidate-cert',

That tells imp not to worry about a self-signed certificate.

-ED

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Edward Glowacki			glowack2@msu.edu
Michigan State University	
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