On 3/13/2013 9:38 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi guys, > >>>> It's relatively easy. On first starting TB with no account, cancel the >>>> wizard. The use "Edit" -> "Preferences" or "≡" -> "Options..." -> >>>> "Options..." to get to TB's configuration pages. There, use "Advanced" >>>> -> "Certificates" -> "View Certificates" -> "Servers" and finally >>>> "Import..." >>>> >>>> After you've imported the needed cert, you can re-open the wizard with >>>> "Create new account". >>>> >>>> You can also use this method to import a self-signed certificate >>>> authority if you want to run your own signing operation. >>> How does he do this at scale Phil? > It appears that if you delete all the unsigned certs, then set up the > account using all the proper ports and auth types, then just restart > thunderbird, it works as expected. Upon restarting thunderbird, it > will prompt you to "confirm security exception", then it automatically > imports the cert for 993. It somehow seemed to automatically import > the cert for 587. > > Can someone else confirm that restarting Thunderbird is a way around > having to manually import the certs or change them later through the > account settings menu? > > Does anyone have any experience with configuring Outlook to use > self-signed certs? > > Thanks, > Alex
This sounds like you're working on a fairly big project, so spend $20 and 15 minutes to get a REAL certificate for the test domain from one of the countless online vendors. Surely your time is worth something --- you've spent two days futzing around with this already, and aren't done yet. -- Noel Jones
