Mail was unable to verify the identity of this server, which has a certificate issued to "*.hotmail.com". The error was: The certificate for this server has expired.

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Mail was unable to verify the identity of this server, which has a certificate issued to "*.hotmail.com". The error was: The certificate for this server has expired.

I'm on my dad's old iBook G4 and there is a problem with his emails. Here is the message:

"Mail was unable to verify the identity of this server, which has a certificate issued to "*.hotmail.com". The error was: The certificate for this server has expired."

The certificate doesn't expire until April 2016.

I read somewhere about downloading Root-R1.crt and so imported it into Keychain Access; the error message disapperead but he still is unable to send and receive.

Any clues, folks?

Many thanks 🙂

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G4 (dad's laptop)

Posted on Nov 4, 2015 11:36 AM

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 4, 2015 1:50 PM in response to inknpaper

I have it on VERY Good authority... dianeoforegon says this:

They need to select Trust in Keychain Access. There is a Microsoft KB with images here to show how to select trust.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3066652

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inknpaper Author

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Nov 4, 2015 3:08 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

Thanks so much for your input. Unfortunately, and I already knew this, the Always Trust box is not there. You had my hopes up there for a minute or two 🙂

Cheers for now

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Nov 4, 2015 3:28 PM in response to inknpaper

Did you toggle the setting Trust open?

If you still don't see the option to trust, delete the certificate. This might cause the site to download a new certificate that you can trust.

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inknpaper Author

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Nov 5, 2015 2:11 AM in response to dianeoforegon

Many thanks for your reply.

It's a clean install and I have already deleted the certificates which flummoxed me because since I imported the Root-R1 I don't get the error message and nothing is listed inside Keychain Access; nothing can be sent or received. I have double-checked the settings for the IMAP account so many times and just can't figure it out.

Cheers

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BDAqua

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Nov 5, 2015 10:08 AM in response to inknpaper

What does Connection Doctor report?

Wis your eMail provider?

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