[lug] Client setup for Pop3 & Imap Over SSL (renamed)

Warren Sanders sanders at MontanaLinux.Org
Fri Dec 15 08:39:20 MST 2000


Giving this a try, it seems that it's all set up on our server here, but
is there something to be done with setting up the clients to use SSL?

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, George Sexton wrote:

> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:27:53 -0700
> From: George Sexton <gsexton at mhsoftware.com>
> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Pop3 & Imap Over SSL
>
> I thought I would share a discovery I made this weekend. RedHat 7.0 supports
> pop3 and imap over SSL.
>
> The steps to enable it are:
>
> edit ipop3s in /etc/xinetd.d and set Disable=No
> repeat for imaps
>
> change to the /usr/share/ssl/certs directory and type:
>
> make ipop3d.pem
>
> Answer the prompts
>
> make imapd.pem
>
> answer the prompts.
>
> Finally,
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
>
> You now can do POP3 over SSL and IMAP over SSL. Finally, I can set up pop3
> accounts and not worry about the passwords being sniffed.
>
>
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
> Voice: 303 438 9585
> http://www.mhsoftware.com
>
>
>
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-- 
Warren Sanders
http://MontanaLinux.Org





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