[ubuntu-za] Certificate problem

Alf Stockton alf at stockton.co.za
Tue Jul 7 10:26:41 BST 2009


Michael Gorven wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 July 2009 10:47:33 Alf Stockton wrote:
>> When using Thunderbird on Ubuntu 8.10 to download my email from my server
>> at www.stockton.co.za I keep getting the message as displayed in the
>> attached image.
>> The reverse DNS for my host is set as ubuntuhal.stockton.co.za.
>> Now what do I need to do to repair this?
> 
> The problem is that the name in the SSL certificate is 
> li11-60.members.linode.com, which doesn't match the hostname Thunderbird is 
> connecting to. You either need to get an SSL certificate with the right name, 
> tell Thunderbird to connect to li11-60.members.linode.com, or ignore the 
> warning.
> 
Thank you. It never crossed my mind to alter the setting in Thunderbird, thanks.


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