Enabling SSL for IMAP And POP3

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ajax20

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Hello

I'm trying to enable SSL for IMAP And POP3 for my email accounts. Searching the Internet, I came across this tutorial which briefly explains how to do so. I just want to make sure those are the only changes I need to make or there are other adjustments as well, especially since I find a difference between the mentioned one and a tutorial here.

Any ideas would be appreciated

Thanks
 
Difference

I thought I might need to explain a little bit further. What I meant by the difference is that While in the first tutorial I just need to add

Code: 
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/exim.cert
ssl_key_file = /etc/exim.key

in

Code: 
dovecot.conf

the second one asks us to add

Code: 
tls_certificate = /usr/local/etc/exim/exim.cert
tls_privatekey = /usr/local/etc/exim/exim.key

to

Code: 
exim.conf

I just need to know whic one is right.

Thanks
 
correction

ajax20 said:
I thought I might need to explain a little bit further. What I meant by the difference is that While in the first tutorial I just need to add

Code: 
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/exim.cert
ssl_key_file = /etc/exim.key

in

Code: 
dovecot.conf

the second one asks us to add

Code: 
tls_certificate = /usr/local/etc/exim/exim.cert
tls_privatekey = /usr/local/etc/exim/exim.key

to

Code: 
exim.conf

I just need to know whic one is right.

Thanks
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Should it be ssl = no?
 
ssl enabled

Hi. No, I want to enable it. So it should be "yes", I think.

Thanks
 
On directadmin powered server exim's cert and key are located in /etc/exim.cert /etc/exim.key respectively. More to say Dovecot is already configured with SSL support; So I'd rather say everything you might need after install valid SSL cert and key is to block non-SSL ports in firewall.
 
No need to change ssl to yes?

@zEitEr

So you mean SSL is already on in dovecot. Don't I need to turn it on by changing the dovecot.conf?
 
Connection to storage server failed

Hi

After changing the dovecot.conf as below

Code: 
protocols = imap pop3
service auth {
  user = root
}

service imap-login {
  process_min_avail = 16
  user = dovecot

  inet_listener imap {
      port=0
  }
}
service pop3-login {
  process_min_avail = 16
  user = dovecot

  inet_listener pop3 {
    port=0
  }
}

now I cannot connect to my email accounts through roundcube. It gives the following error

Code: 
Connection to storage server failed.

But if I remove

Code: 
 inet_listener imap {
      port=0
  }

I can connect with no problem. The reason I added

Code: 
inet_listener imap {
      port=0
  }

and 

  inet_listener pop3 {
    port=0
  }

was because I wanted to disable the the non-ssl ports.

Any ideas where I am making a mistake?
 
It worked!

I just wanted to say every thing worked as expected.

Thanks Alex
 
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