Topic: POP3 without SSL

[ber]

  Hi all, newbie question here, got a SME server 7.3 running for the last six months- just awesome.
Have recently set it up to Host multiple domains- all ok. Is it possible to run the mail server without SSL, my clients use outlook and express to read emails and always get the prompt regarding the SSL certificate on the server, is it possible to run the email server without SSL, They also use webmail and same issues regarding the SSL certificate when using there browsers. I suppose I can get a Certificate when setting it us as a pop3s server, dont really want to do this,  any options or suggestions thanks

[zatnikatel]

just turn it off under the email part of server-manager pop3s

[pfloor]

Hi all, newbie question here, got a SME server 7.3 running for the last six months- just awesome.
Have recently set it up to Host multiple domains- all ok. Is it possible to run the mail server without SSL, my clients use outlook and express to read emails and always get the prompt regarding the SSL certificate on the server, is it possible to run the email server without SSL, They also use webmail and same issues regarding the SSL certificate when using there browsers. I suppose I can get a Certificate when setting it us as a pop3s server, dont really want to do this,  any options or suggestions thanks

1-Purchase an SSL Cert and install it on your server.
2-Have each user accept and install your existing self signed cert on their client machines.
3-Change the server to use pop3 on the external interface (See link below but this is highly discouraged)

just turn it off under the email part of server-manager pop3s

The server-manager does not provide a way to configure external pop3, you must configure it from the CL.  See: http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Allow_external_pop3_access

ber, answers to your questions can easily be found using the "search" tab and in the wiki http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ.  Please try searching next time.

 

[ber]

 

thanks pfloor, prob solved!!

[janet]

ber

You can use the self signed certficate that sme issues quite successfully.

Users should access a https connection at your site and accept the certificate in whichever browser they use.
If they use Outlook or Outlook Express then they should also access a secure web site using Internet Explorer and install the certificate the first time.

Access secure web sites using
https://servername.yourdomain.com/whatever
to match the certificate credentials and not receive name mismatch errors.
You'll need the wildcard setting enabled in DNS to allow acces to *.yourdomain.com

They should also change the smtp server name that is setup in the email client to the form
servername.yourdomain.com

Then there will be no more error messages each time they collect mail or browse to secure web sites.