[HCoop-Discuss] Problems with SMTP server?

[Aaron Hsu]

On Oct 19, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Adam Chlipala wrote:

> Aaron Hsu wrote:
>
>> I have the mail.hcoop.net certificate installed as an X509Anchor  
>> in my
>> Keychain (Mac OS 10.4.8) and it seems to work fine for validating  
>> that
>> server in receiving mail. However, since I am very mobile I have been
>> using HCoop's SMTP server for sending my mail, and it still does not
>> validate. Is there another type of certificate or such which I  
>> have to
>> install to verify the SMTP server?
>>
> I think this issue has been raised before, and my response was that
> everything is administered by volunteers, and the current set of
> volunteers don't have the SSL expertise to fix the problem.  That  
> means
> that the problem will remain unless one or more members take the  
> time to
> develop a solution.  If you need extra file permissions or other  
> help to
> do this, then we're quite happy to comply.

Well, I figured out what was wrong with my system. mail.hcoop.net has  
at least two certificates. IMAP and SMTP both return different  
certificates with different signatures. Both appear to be up-to-date  
as well. Adding another certificate to the X509Anchors solves the  
problem.

Aaron W. Hsu
arcfide at sacrificumdeo.net
Phone: 703-597-7656
IM: arcfide at hcoop.net (Jabber/XMPP/GTalk)




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