Re: [exim] SSL Certificate for secure POP/SMTP

On 9/6/07, Don O'Neil <lists@???> wrote:
> Where/how do I create a 'real' SSL certificate, rather than a self signed
> one, for secure smtp/pop so that the annoying message in outlook/thunderbird
> stops coming up saying the certificate is not from a trusted source? I have
> an SSL cert for my web server for apache, can I use a variant of that?

You need a "trusted signer", one of the companies that issues
certificates for a fee, such as verisign, thawte, etc. The other
alternative, appropriate for intranet environments but not public
systems, is to self-sign and have all clients install the certificate
chain.

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Regards,

Darton