Thanks a lot Mike.
-Austin
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Mike McCarthy <sysop@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For the WEB server it makes sens to have a certificate that is signed by
> a known CA. However, for postfix a self signed cert is just fine. When a
> user first connects with TLS, the mail client will complain. But with
> most mail clients (I use Thunderbird), you can get the certificate and
> store a permanent exception so it will never complain again. Other
> servers that make connections to deliver mail with STARTTLS generally
> don't care.
>
> Mike
>
> On 03/11/2013 07:05 PM, Austin Einter wrote:
> > Dear All
> > This is my continuation of postfix setup.
> > Following link
> >
> http://campworld.net/thewiki/pmwiki.php/LinuxServersCentOS/Cent6VirtMailServerfor
> > postfix setup.
> >
> > At one stage it says,
> > Configuring The Server Setup SSL Certificate
> >
> > Now generate an SSL certificate for postfix and dovecot to have TLS
> > support. Replace mail.example.com with your server hostname.
> >> genkey --days 3650 mail.example.com
> >
> > My doubt is ,
> >
> > 1. I have to install a SSL certificate for for web server (apache case).
> I
> > am planning to purchase a SSL certificate and put it. The same
> certificate
> > will be useful for both web server and mail server OR both web and mail
> > server needs to separate separate SSL certificates.
> >
> >
> > 2. I hope for web server case, one must purchase a ssl certificate and
> use
> > it (so that browsers will work smoothly without complain). For mail
> server
> > can one use locally generated ssl certificate?
> >
> >
> > Kindly let me know.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Austin
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