Pine problem

[Luke Davis]

Try "/notls", instead of "/novalidate-cert".
It goes in direct contact with the server name--that is: no space.


On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Mike Keithley wrote:

> I am using the binary-Slackware package of Pine 4.44 with the Slackware 8.1
> distribution.  Because aol blocks my IP address when using sendmail
> (another issue), I'm using attbi's smtp server as specified in .pinerc.
>
> When sending messages, I get this warning message at least once:
>
> [beginning of warning message]
> There was a failure validating the SSL/TLS certificate for the server
>
>                                  mail.attbi.com
>
> The reason for the failure was
>
>              self signed certificate in certificate chain (details)
>
> We have not verified the identity of your server. If you ignore this
> certificate validation problem and continue, you could end up connecting
> to an imposter server.
>
> If the certificate validation failure was expected and permanent you may
> avoid seeing this warning message in the future by adding the option
>
>                                 /novalidate-cert
>
> to the name of the folder you attempted to access.
> [End of warning message]
>
> The cursor is positioned on "details" and when I hit enter here I get this
> message:
>
> [beginning of message]
> Host given by user:
>
>   mail.attbi.com
>
> Reason for failure:
>
>   self signed certificate in certificate chain
>
> Certificate being verified:
>
>   /C=US/O=RSA Data Security, Inc./OU=Secure Server Certification Authority
>
> [end of message]
>
> I can type "y" and the message is sent successfully.  It seems this message
> appears the first time I send a message in a pine session and does not
> appear again until I quit Pine and start it up again.
>
> What can I do about this?
>
> I tried putting the /novalidate-cert switch in the .pinerc line with the
> smtp server name but, of course, this didn't work.  I talked to nice
> comcast customer-support people but they know only about Outlook but
> suggest it is likely a security problem in Pine.  Would Pine need to be
> using SSL?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
>
>
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