Comments on: Avoid Warning When Checking Secure Email http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/ Tips & Tricks for Dreamhosters Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:48:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-5164 Chris Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:40:12 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-5164 As per my previous comment, here is a batch script that does exactly that: type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.|find "mail.dreamhost.com" /v>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp for /f "skip=2 tokens=3 delims=: " %%A in ('ping mail.yourdomain.com') DO ( call:write "%%A" goto:cleanup) :write ECHO %~1 mail.dreamhost.com>>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp goto:eof :cleanup type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. del c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp pause :eof Cheers, Chris. As per my previous comment, here is a batch script that does exactly that:

type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.|find “mail.dreamhost.com” /v>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp
for /f “skip=2 tokens=3 delims=: ” %%A in (’ping mail.yourdomain.com’) DO (
call:write “%%A”
goto:cleanup)
:write
ECHO %~1 mail.dreamhost.com>>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp
goto:eof
:cleanup
type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.tmp
pause
:eof

Cheers, Chris.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 Chris Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:08:18 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-5160 For installing the Certificate, IE7 doesn't like it. Best bet is to install the certificate using IE6 or whatever, if you have another machine with the certificate installed you can export and import using IE7. Personally I would prefer not to use IE at all, but then the company requires Outlook to be running. One thing you could do if the Mail servers change is create a logon script that replaces the hosts file on logon or startup. Replace it with the backup, get the ip address off mail.yourdomain.com and then create the hosts record for mail.dreamhost.com to that ip address. Then if it goes down people just need to restart their machines or logoff/logon. Cheers, Chris. For installing the Certificate, IE7 doesn’t like it. Best bet is to install the certificate using IE6 or whatever, if you have another machine with the certificate installed you can export and import using IE7.

Personally I would prefer not to use IE at all, but then the company requires Outlook to be running.

One thing you could do if the Mail servers change is create a logon script that replaces the hosts file on logon or startup. Replace it with the backup, get the ip address off mail.yourdomain.com and then create the hosts record for mail.dreamhost.com to that ip address. Then if it goes down people just need to restart their machines or logoff/logon.

Cheers, Chris.

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]]> By: willo http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 willo Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:50:46 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-3127 Hey all, I'm use Mail on OS X 10.4, and for a good year or so I've occasionally tried to dive back into it & get rid of the damn warning. Today I found this & thought I finally had it working, as I no longer get the warning, but turns out I can't check email using mail.dreamhost.com w/ SSL because it's saying port 993 times out. I can check email over port 993 fine w/ mail.mydomain.com (but get the cert warning), just not dreamhost. Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong? Is my u/p the same with either dreamhost or mydomain? Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. ~ Willo Hey all, I’m use Mail on OS X 10.4, and for a good year or so I’ve occasionally tried to dive back into it & get rid of the damn warning. Today I found this & thought I finally had it working, as I no longer get the warning, but turns out I can’t check email using mail.dreamhost.com w/ SSL because it’s saying port 993 times out. I can check email over port 993 fine w/ mail.mydomain.com (but get the cert warning), just not dreamhost.

Is there something I’m missing or doing wrong? Is my u/p the same with either dreamhost or mydomain?

Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
~ Willo

]]> By: Mike http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2818 Mike Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:34:49 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-2818 Worked great with Windows 2000 and Outlook 2000, THANK YOU SO MUCH for this howto! Slight additions: To install the certificate from a browser, I think you need to use IE. I tried the same operation with Firefox and it didn't seem to do the right thing (I may have not been pushing the right buttons though). For Windows 2000, the path to the "hosts" file is: C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts Best, -Mike. Worked great with Windows 2000 and Outlook 2000, THANK YOU SO MUCH for this howto!

Slight additions:

To install the certificate from a browser, I think you need to use IE. I tried the same operation with Firefox and it didn’t seem to do the right thing (I may have not been pushing the right buttons though).

For Windows 2000, the path to the “hosts” file is: C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Best, -Mike.

]]> By: Gert Van Gool http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Gert Van Gool Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:13:05 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-1732 Apparently installing mismatched certificates is no longer possible in Windows Vista. I checked with Dreamhost whether there was a possibility to use your own certificate, but that was not possible (because all the mail servers are on the "same" box) Apparently installing mismatched certificates is no longer possible in Windows Vista.

I checked with Dreamhost whether there was a possibility to use your own certificate, but that was not possible (because all the mail servers are on the “same” box)

]]> By: Benjamin http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Benjamin Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:02:09 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-285 There is a problem with this because by changing the IP that you computer thinks is mail.dreamhost.com you could run into issues later on if you ever actually need to reach the server mail.dreamhosts.com There is a problem with this because by changing the IP that you computer thinks is mail.dreamhost.com you could run into issues later on if you ever actually need to reach the server mail.dreamhosts.com

]]> By: Dave Reid http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Dave Reid Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:55:40 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-279 If you're using Mozilla Thunderbird, <a href="http://www.andrewlucking.com/" rel="nofollow">Andrew Lucking</a> created a very handy extension to "remember" mismatched domains. It works perfectly for me and you can get it at <a href="http://www.andrewlucking.com/archives/category/remember-mismatched-domains/" rel="nofollow">http://www.andrewlucking.com/archives/category/remember-mismatched-domains/</a> If you’re using Mozilla Thunderbird, Andrew Lucking created a very handy extension to “remember” mismatched domains. It works perfectly for me and you can get it at http://www.andrewlucking.com/archives/category/remember-mismatched-domains/

]]> By: Tim Altman http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Tim Altman Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:17:16 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-82 C: Yes and prehaps. But it's a pain still. :( PS: Sorry, I was a bit confused about which Dreamhost blog I was reading. The "you" in my original post should read "Dreamhost". ;) C: Yes and prehaps. But it’s a pain still. :(

PS: Sorry, I was a bit confused about which Dreamhost blog I was reading. The “you” in my original post should read “Dreamhost”. ;)

]]> By: Unofficial DreamHost Blog http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Unofficial DreamHost Blog Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:52:53 +0000 http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/08/avoid-warning-when-checking-secure-email/#comment-81 Tim - They would have to add all customer's domains (more than 200.000), right? Or at least all mail servers, and would then have to update the certificate every time they add a mail server? I guess this is not flexible enough for them?! Daniel - Great! On which system/client? Tim – They would have to add all customer’s domains (more than 200.000), right? Or at least all mail servers, and would then have to update the certificate every time they add a mail server? I guess this is not flexible enough for them?!

Daniel – Great! On which system/client?

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