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

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Author: Don O'Neil
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To: 'Darton Williams', 'Exim Users'
Subject: Re: [exim] SSL Certificate for secure POP/SMTP
We use Comodo on our main server, but I don't see any way to specify 'Exim'
as the certificate type (you can choose apache, etc...). I don't have a
problem paying, I just need to know specifically what I need to buy.

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From: exim-users-bounces@??? [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On
Behalf Of Darton Williams
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:42 AM
To: Exim Users
Subject: 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

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