Can't tell Mail to trust certificate???

Hello,

I use my own webserver for emails, have done so for more than a decade now. From time to time I have to "remind" Mail app to trust the certificate.

But today, when the certificate error popped up, all I could do was press OK. There wasn't a way for me to check the certificate, select the trust level and click ok.

I restarted my mac but it didn't help.

Any help?

Posted on Feb 13, 2021 10:42 AM

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4 replies

BDAqua

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Feb 13, 2021 01:27 PM in response to Loa

Try Keychain Access>Certificates

Loa Author

Level 4

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Feb 17, 2021 06:20 PM in response to BDAqua

There were no certificates to be found, strangely enough.

In the end, I removed the email account from mail and re-added it. It created a certificate and things now work correctly.

6x6

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Feb 13, 2021 11:08 AM in response to Loa

Sounds like you need to update your certificate on your webserver.

Loa Author

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Feb 13, 2021 12:23 PM in response to 6x6

Hadn't thought of that. Then again, this problem is only on my laptop. Mail on my Mac Pro, urinsg the same mail server, works perfectly.

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Can't tell Mail to trust certificate???