[TriLUG] Blackberry with TriLUG mail?

[Cristóbal Palmer]

This is why we need CAcert to succeed. Speaking of which... That's the
Feb meeting topic. Sign up at cacert.org, grab the appropriate ID and
come to the meeting. More on that soon. If you'll excuse me, beer and
Megafaun are calling.

--CMP

On 1/24/09, Matt Pusateri <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:05 PM, William Sutton wrote:
>
>> Has anyone set up a blackberry with the TriLUG mail server yet?
>>
>> I set up TLS (using TLS Default set to proxy (the default
>> configuration)
>> on my new Blackberry Curve as follows:
>>
>> Options | Security Options | TLS | Trusted Hosts
>> click the menu button
>> Add Host
>> enter mail.trilug.org
>> Save
>>
>> I can enter my email address, user name, and password, and the error
>> email
>> that blackberry sends to my trilug address indicates that I have it
>> set
>> for:
>>
>> Account Type:POP3/IMAP
>> Email Address:william <at> trilug <dot> org
>> User Name: william
>> Password:****** (For security the password is not displayed.)
>> Mail Server:mail.trilug.org
>>
>> I'm guessing I need to change POP3/IMAP to TLS/IMAP, but am not sure
>> how.
>>
>> William Sutton
>
>
> I'm gonna guess the following.
> 1. Trilug rejects mail unless your authenticated, and I'd hope we
> force tls/ssl connections
> 2. Trilug uses a self-signed certificate
> 3. Your blackberry will fail with said self signed certificate.
>
> I found the setup of mail on most phones leaves a lot to be desired.
>
> Matt P.
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