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Expired certificate problem, Is there a way to ignore expired certificate?
 
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Hello there,
I have a problem with my POP server's expired certificate, thus I have to turn clock back so that The Bat! would allow mail to be received. I'm still using v2.1 and am intrested if this will be solved by getting the new version OR if there's some other way to fix this problem?
Administrator of the server seems not interested in renewing the certificate, and I have to turn clock back-and-forth whenever I want to get my mail... :(
 
 
 
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Erm ... is it necessary to use SSL? I would be surprised that anyone who wasn't concerned enough to keep their server cert up to date would be insisting that clients use SSL (TLS/STARTTLS).

Why not just revert to straight POP3?
iviarck
 
 
 
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Unfortunately, it is necessary.
I had tried without it in the first place, but got no reply (other than operation timed out).

I've tried contacting the server admin mattering this issue, but there was no reply.

Please do tell me what should be modified (and how) thus The Bat! would ignore the expired certificate...
 
 
 
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There's no setting to make that happen on The Bat!'s side. I don't know if TB v3 will help in this matter at all - I don't think there have been any changes in that logic. It really is up to the server admin to ensure that their certificates are current.

I'm at a complete loss to understand why a server admin should be so strict about insisting on SSL and then go and use an expired cert.  :| bizarre.
iviarck
 
 
 
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I have a related problem.

My server's certificate does not include the right server host name. Is there perhaps an option that this can be ignored or could it be implemented as a future feature of the Bat!?

Otherwise I am forced to use Eudora to send my email messages  ;) (Eudora can ignore it)
 
 
 
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Have never tried Eudora, but would suggest Thunderbird if necessary.
However, if I wasn't bounded to The Bat! I wouldn't try to fix this mess...

And yes, Marck, I agree on Admin's insanity, but I guess that his point of view is "I'm giving all of this for free, so who are you to say it's not right" ... Unfortunately...
Thanks, however.
 
 
 
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hey guys how do I find the certificate for thebat, and how do i change it. I am the administrator of my computer.
 
 
 
#8
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The Bat! doesn't have a certificate. You may have one or more personal x509 certificates yourself. These can be maintained through the Account Properties options (when using the internal S/MIME implementation) or via Internet Explorer's Security settings when using the MS Crypto API.
iviarck
 
 
 
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The problem seems the same as I have: The Bat! needs to connect with ssl but the Bat! does not support this due to the certificate thing or something (I would like some more (ignore?) option here).

There is a way around though. I am using ssr4 (secure socket relay 4), a small (free) program that reroutes unsecure ports to secure ports on your local machine and does not complain about certificates. So you tell the bat to communicate with localhost:port x, and ssr then reroutes this to mailserver:secure port y. I believe there are other programs around that do the same.

Hope this helps.
 
 
 
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That sounds pretty good. Where can I find this program? Google was not very helpful...
 
 
 
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Stunnel is one program that may help.
iviarck
 
 
 
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I can not find the ssr4 program on the web either.
I once downloaded it from 'http://www.celocom.com' but when i go to this page a lot of junk is displayed and somewhere the message 'This domain is for sale!' is shown.....speaks much for itself, doesn't it?

Guess you have to try with stunnel...

I still want to add this: Ritlabs PLEASE implement 'some' functionality so that we don't have to use these ugly solutions. Stunnel is open source so Ritlabs could take a look....
 
 
 
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