MKPOP3DCERT(8)

NAME
mkpop3dcert - create a test SSL certificate for POP3 over SSL

SYNOPSIS

/usr/local/sbin/mkpop3dcert

DESCRIPTION

POP3 over SSL requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default location for the certificate file is /usr/local/sbin/pop3d.pem. mkpop3dcert generates a self-signed X.509 certificate, mainly for testing. For production use the X.509 certificate must be signed by a recognized certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the certificate.

/usr/local/sbin/pop3d.pem must be owned by the _courier user and have no group or world permissions. The mkpop3dcert command will enforce this. To prevent an unfortunate accident, mkpop3dcert will not work if /usr/local/sbin/pop3d.pem already exists.

mkpop3dcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

FILES

/usr/local/sbin/pop3d.pem
    X.509 certificate.

/etc/courier/pop3d.cnf
    Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X.509 certificate.

SEE ALSO

courier(8)[1]

AUTHOR

Sam Varshavchik
    Author

NOTES

1.  courier(8)
    http://www.courier-mta.org/courier.html