Nearly everyone will get an error about the certificate when
attempting to access mail. The fix is to remove the certificate from
Thunderbird, Firefox, and Mozilla, and accept the new one.
Instructions to do that are below.
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Thunderbird on Windows:
Tools (toolbar menu)
Options (toolbar submenu)
-> go to step 3 of Thunderbird on Linux recipe, below
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Thunderbird on Linux:
Edit (toolbar menu)
Preferences (toolbar submenu)
Options (new window) # this step may not be needed
Advanced (menu)
Certificates (right panel)
Manage Certificates (button on right panel)
Certificate Manager (new window)
Web Sites (tab at top)
eelpout.stat.ufl.edu (entry in list)
Delete (button at bottom)
Are you sure you want to delete (new window)
OK
OK
OK
Get Mail (button on toolbar)
Web Site Certified by an Unknown Authority (new window)
Accept this certificate permanently (radio button)
OK
Mail Server Password Required (new window)
enter your password
OK
Mail works
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Firefox on Linux (for accessing webmail):
Edit (toolbar menu)
Preferences (toolbar submenu)
Options (new window)
Advanced (menu)
Certificates (right panel)
Manage Certificates (button on right panel)
Certificate Manager (new window)
Web Sites (tab at top)
eelpout.stat.ufl.edu (entry in list)
Delete (button at bottom)
Are you sure you want to delete (new window)
OK
OK
OK
http://webmail.stat.ufl.edu
Web Site Certified by an Unknown Authority (new window)
Accept this certificate permanently (radio button)
OK
Security Error: Domain Name Mismatch (new window)
OK
SquirrelMail login (main browser window)
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Mozilla on Linux (both for mail program and for webmail):
Edit (toolbar menu)
Preferences (toolbar submenu)
Privacy & Security (new window, menu)
Certificates (submenu)
Manage Certificates... (button on right panel)
Certificate Manager (new window)
Web Sites (tab at top)
eelpout.stat.ufl.edu (entry in list)
Delete (button at bottom)
Are you sure you want to delete (new window)
OK
OK (button at bottom)
OK (button at bottom)
http://webmail.stat.ufl.edu
Accept this certificate permanently (new window)
OK (button at bottom)
Domain Name Mismatch (new window)
OK (button at bottom)
SquirrelMail login (main browser window)
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Thunderbird on MacOS X:
Thunderbird
Preferences
Privacy (icon)
Security (tab)
View Certiticates (button)
Web Site (tab)
eelpout.stat.ufl.edu (entry in list)
Delete (button at bottom)
Are you sure you want to delete (new window)
OK
OK
close Preferences window
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