When retrieving mail I get "The Identity of "mail.me.com" cannot be verified"

My mail has worked fine for years.

I recently installed Mavericks. I have a Macbook Air.

Now suddenly when it tries to get mail I get the message, "The Identity of "mail.me.com" cannot be verified"

I can tell it to ignore the certificate and go get the mail anyway, but it is a nusiance to have to do this every time.

What is wrong?

How do I stop that message and get back to normal?

Posted on Jan 14, 2014 5:15 AM

16 replies

Csound1

Level 9

60,063 points

Jan 20, 2014 12:52 PM in response to daleq1

You are using the wrong settings, trying to fix that by altering certificates is a bad idea'

Here are the correct settings, note that yours fail at the very first step (mail.me.com)

IMAP information for the incoming mail server

Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
If you receive errors when using SSL, try using TLS instead.
Port: 993
Username: example@icloud.com (use your @icloud.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password

SMTP information for the outgoing mail server

Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
If you receive errors when using SSL, try using TLS instead.
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: example@icloud.com (use your @icloud.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password

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