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Install SSL Certificate on Qmail Server

Here are steps to install the digital SSL certificate on Qmail server:

OpenSSL Configuration for Certificates

Here are some references for educational purposes.

Renewing and Revoking Certificates and Credentials

Here are some references on credential revocation:

References for OpenSSL Certificate Management

 

Adding a Trusted CA for Mail Clients

To import a new CA certificate into Thunderbird 1.5:

  1. Launch Thunderbird and choose Account Settings from the Edit menu.
  2. Select Security under the account name.
  3. Click the View Certificates button.
  4. Click the Authorities tab.
  5. Click the Import button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. Navigate to the CA certificate and import it.

To import a new CA certificate into Evolution:

  1. Launch Evolution and choose Preferences from the Edit menu.
  2. Select Certificates

Adding a Trusted CA for Browsers

Browsers ships with certificates from well-known commercial CAs. If your web servers use certificates signed by your own CA, your CA certificate must be exported to every browser on every client system that will be connecting to an SSL-enabled web server.