How to make IMAPS SSL Cert for Dovecot that works with Thunderbird

hanasaki at gmail.com hanasaki at gmail.com
Mon May 25 03:54:19 EEST 2020


Config has
	ssl_verify_client_cert = no
What options might have the client auth turned on?

TYIA

On 5/24/20 6:40 PM, Felipe Gasper wrote:
>  From what I can tell, “SSL alert number 42” means that you’ve configured Dovecot to require client authentication.
> 
> Otherwise, your Let’s Encrypt certificate (with its authority chain) should suffice.
> 
> -FG
> 
>> On May 24, 2020, at 5:45 PM, hanasaki at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> What are the instructions for making an SSL cert for Dovecot IMAPS?
>>
>> Two methods have been tried, and work, with Evolution; however generate the following error when Thunderbird tries to connect.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> method 1 : self signed
>> openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -sha512 -x509 -days 365 -nodes -keyout mykey.key -out mycert.pem
>>
>> method 2 : Let's Encrypt (LE) CA
>> Created with Certbot
>>
>> ERROR
>> TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:14094412:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert bad certificate: SSL alert number 42, session=<+oooooo>
>> <hanasaki.vcf>
> 
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