[Evolution] Bug#616587: Bug#616587: evolution: SSL certificate warning, but openssl and gnutls have no problem with the certificate

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On dim., 2011-03-06 at 02:51 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 11:09:06AM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > On sam., 2011-03-05 at 12:11 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > I wanted to try evolution again, so I started setting up an email
> > > account.  When configuring SMTP, I entered the server "mail.gandi.net",
> > > selected "SSL encryption" from the "Use secure connection" dropdown,
> > > checked "Server requires authentication", and hit "Check for Supported
> > > Types".  This connected to the SMTP server via smtps, and promptly
> > > gave the following SSL certificate warning: 
> > 
> > Is the CA in the NSS certificate store? (you can look at it in the
> > Evolution preferences, “Certificate” tab).
> 
> Evolution doesn't seem to have any certificates listed under
> "Certificates" -> "Authorities" at all.

That looks weird indeed. Is there something unusual in your install?
> 
> Shouldn't Evolution just use the CA certificates from ca-certificates
> (plus any additions by the user)?

Evolution uses NSS for the imap/smtp secure connections, so it uses
whatever NSS uses (and unfortunately not ca-certificates).


-- 
Yves-Alexis
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