Re: [Dovecot] Cannot see contents of ~/mail folder

Saurabh Barve wrote:

Ii have another question, though. I am trying to set up secure IMAP on this server. I have generated a certificate for the same name as the machine name. I read somewhere that it is not the wisest thing to do; that I should generate a certificate for a generic name, like mail.example.com in dovecot-openssl.conf. Can I pick any name I want?

The reason people suggest this is so you can move your mail system (and the mail.yourdomain.com alias) to a new host with a new hostname and you won't need to generate a new certificate and potentially update all the clients who know about the old one.