Morgan,
I looked at your server (amethyst) using "openssl s_client" and
compared it to mine, and they appear exactly the same. Is that the
server to which you connect with Apple Mail successfully?
FYI: my server is running FreeBSD 4.11 (if it matters)
I have had no problems with Apple Mail+Dovecot. All I had to do was
import the certificate so I wouldn't get the question about the
certificate every time I started Apple Mail.
I don't even get to this point. I don't get the cert warning dialog
with my dovecot server (i do for courier) -- the activity window just
shows it trying to synchronize for a very long time with no success.
In the account setup, in the advanced tab, the settings are Port:
993, Use SSL is checked and Authentication is Password.I'm running Dovecot 1.0rc7 if that makes any difference.
These are indeed the settings I am using as well, except my port is
different because my production server is using 993.
.tim