hey, check your dovecot.conf : "ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key"
is that a pipe, a vertical sign after "mail.key" ? > Thanks for your reply. > What do you mean by "pipe" > > See, I can even connect via the console from the outside: > > > |Notebook [~]$ openssl s_client -CApath ~/.cert/XYZ.com/ -connect > XYZ.com:993 > CONNECTED(00000003) > depth=0 /C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > verify error:num=18:self signed certificate > verify return:1 > depth=0 /C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > verify return:1 > --- > Certificate chain > 0 s:/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > i:/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > --- > Server certificate > -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- > MIIC6TCCAlKgAwIBAgIJAN4Jfaj9QgEhMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIGqMQswCQYD > VQQGEwJERTEbMBkGA1UECBMSQmFkZW4tV3VlcnR0ZW1iZXJnMREwDwYDVQQHEwhO > ZXVicm9ubjEWMBQGA1UEChMNTmV0T2NlYW4gR21iSDETMBEGA1UECxMKV2ViSG9z > dGluZzEYMBYGA1UEAxMPc2VydmVyLm5ldG9jZWFuMSQwIgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhVh > ZG1pbkBzZXJ2ZXIubmV0b2NlYW4wHhcNMTAwNzExMTgwMzQ4WhcNMzAwNzA2MTgw > MzQ4WjCBqjELMAkGA1UEBhMCREUxGzAZBgNVBAgTEkJhZGVuLVd1ZXJ0dGVtYmVy > ZzERMA8GA1UEBxMITmV1YnJvbm4xFjAUBgNVBAoTDU5ldE9jZWFuIEdtYkgxEzAR > BgNVBAsTCldlYkhvc3RpbmcxGDAWBgNVBAMTD3NlcnZlci5uZXRvY2VhbjEkMCIG > CSqGSIb3DQEJARYVYWRtaW5Ac2VydmVyLm5ldG9jZWFuMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB > AQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDFiBWAJ893Ocm4dooDHHkNRZcvC4N5qjfx1wywoS2DlnV4 > GwBQPYcyewx5ptcjqq863r3rvHhbNeJbcnh8jNATTxto8r2NkadwccXw4LtqpfAS > A2dhuYt8zKhiI2tlfZNCzSzDmqid4NuxKiNQGNB6OU6/x2vp0ZFTwstIr7TMAwID > AQABoxUwEzARBglghkgBhvhCAQEEBAMCBkAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEAtlPa > GQ4Weyi9vlIDLL4PgGsNk4sR4Ca2gbYLTd5HaSkww+BKIfz1OkFEmsNozNSo19PJ > WaOp7exCN23j5Z/+qfZSGgUAelJHxRJ0Mc8YmtTuLKaNHxWYBJit3T3n1lbuFENe > vdh8oCo6GKjjm7RkbkEvTvdzrOdztXZt3Ij4gLE= > -----END CERTIFICATE----- > subject=/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > issuer=/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer > GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com > --- > No client certificate CA names sent > --- > SSL handshake has read 1313 bytes and written 325 bytes > --- > New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA > Server public key is 1024 bit > Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported > Compression: NONE > Expansion: NONE > SSL-Session: > Protocol : TLSv1 > Cipher : DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA > Session-ID: > 54DC3526DB721308D460CBAF21D562958D34ED146332F0B4ACBE9E1311633ED1 > Session-ID-ctx: > Master-Key: > 1BCB1FA49855FC38ACB52C2CD8D54594C006116220D66FA0E74F68663AFE3FC09086B9 > BFB1FE0E515681A2E0DC7C1AFC Key-Arg : None Start Time: 1278952607 > Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 18 (self signed > certificate) --- * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN- > REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=CRAM-MD5] NetOcean MailSystem ^C Notebook > [~]$| > > > Am 12.07.10 19:11, schrieb Daniel Petre: >> dude, whats the pipe at the end of the mail.key location? >> >>> It's always the same when it fails ... >>> >>> >>> And this is how my dovecot.conf looks like: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> |## >>> ## SSL settings >>> ## >>> ssl = yes >>> ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.cert >>> ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key| >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> >>> Thank you