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[off topic] self-signed cert
Authored by: moritzh on Dec 19, '05 09:41:45AM
If you import your self-signed cert into the X509 anchors keychain, won't that stop Mail.app from asking you every time? I used to run a setup with a local IMAP server as described on this site, but I don't anymore. I remember that I initially got this error as well, but somehow could get rid of it. I think using the correct procedure to create the self-signed certificate and then importing it into the X509 anchors did it. Note that now the keychain comes with a nice Certificate Assistant (directly in the Keychain menu). Unfortunately, some of the external links in the discussions have gone away, but it might be worth it to read the comments again!

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[off topic] self-signed cert
Authored by: xSmurf on Dec 19, '05 09:20:24PM

Yup I tried that. I had a lot of problems with certs. The 509 Anchor keychain wouldn't take my Thawte certs! I ended up rebuilding it from the install files.
I tried dragging the cert icon to extract the cert from the dialog. Added to th 509A keychain. It's there alright, but no go :/ I tried exporting from Firefox (as it's what I did for the thawte certs) to no avail.

Extra: While thinking about it I checked here once again and this time found :
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050503172154759
There was some info about root certifiate in the comments, so I grabbed mine and added it to 509A... Voilà! it worked :D Sweet thanks for making me look at it one more time, with this and the recent Pick of the week about viewing all mailbox counts in the Dock I'm all set.

Extra Extra: Ho wow I just noticed while trying it once again that if you hold command while dragging the cert to extract it, it makes an ascii file (txt) instead of a binary file (crt) neat for debugging!

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