How do I add a roundcube account to Mail

A society I belong to is insisting on using Roundcube for their email service and have provided an email address for it. The Roundcube interface is not working properly for contacts etc and I want to add the account to my Apple Mail. So far it gives invalid security certificates and I wonder if anybody can give details of incoming and outgoing server settings and port selection etc? I am quite new to such things.


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Posted on Jul 31, 2017 5:52 AM

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Jul 31, 2017 8:07 AM in response to putnik

SSL security certificates are complex and often poorly implemented. In your example the email server host name in the server security certificate differs from the server's actual name. That's a big red flag and should be taken seriously.


The right way to address the problem is to have "Roundcube" address that discrepancy. They should either deploy their security certificates properly, or not at all.


If they are not willing to do that, then you must decide whether the certificate is trustworthy or not. Assuming you want to trust it despite its improper implementation, then just click Continue and accept the risk that Mail is connecting to the correct email server despite the host name mismatch. Mail won't ask you again.


An improperly implemented security certificate is arguably worse than no security whatsoever. Lacking a properly implemented security certificate, they're offering the illusion of security.


I wonder if anybody can give details of incoming and outgoing server settings and port selection etc?


That's a question for your email service provider "Roundcube", but you might find the following useful: Mail Settings Lookup - Apple Support. No one else will be able to know those details, unless they're familiar with "Roundcube" and I"m not.

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