Announce: Plugin for iOS Push Email support

[Daniel Reynolds]

"... I will try to contact Apple and find out if they are willing to open
up the certificate generation. "

I'm willing to bet the answer will be no.

Apple != Open
On Sep 5, 2014 9:22 AM, "Stefan Arentz" <stefan at arentz.ca> wrote:

>
> > On Sep 5, 2014, at 5:53 AM, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/4/2014 9:35 PM, Stefan Arentz <stefan at arentz.ca> wrote:
> >> Although this is at version 0.1, it is working pretty well for me and I
> am looking for some additional testers that are interested.
> >>
> >>      Please note that it is not possible to use this project without
> legally running a copy
> >>      of OS X Server. You can purchase OS X Server on the Mac App Store
> or download
> >>      it for free if you are a registered Mac or iOS developer.
> >
> > Well, that is pretty much a deal breaker for just about everyone (that
> isn't already running an OSX server)...
> >
> > Would you mind explaining *why* the above is required? Is this just a
> temporary limitation of some kind?
>
> Sorry I should have been more clear.
>
> Let me explain.
>
> To send native push email notifications, you need a certificate that is
> generated by Apple.
>
> When you enable Push Email on OS X Server, that certificate will be
> generated for you and stored in your Keychain.
>
> There is no other way to generate this certificate. This is why you need a
> legal copy of OS X Server.
>
> You don’t actually have to run OS X Server. I migrated away from OS X
> Server to regular Dovecot on Ubuntu. So I simply took the generated
> certificate with me. How to export and convert it is described in the
> README of the daemon project.
>
> This is possible because the certificate is not bound to specific hardware
> or a specific email domain. It is however connected to your Apple ID.
>
> I understand that this is not ideal but unfortunately there is no way
> around this. OS X Server however is just $19.99.
>
> When my code is a bit more final, I will try to contact Apple and find out
> if they are willing to open up the certificate generation. That would sure
> benefit a larger audience.
>
>  S.
>