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MKIMAPDCERT(8)			 S. Varshavchik.		  MKIMAPDCERT(8)

NAME
     mkimapdcert - create a test SSL certificate for IMAP over SSL

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/local/sbin/mkimapdcert

DESCRIPTION
     IMAP  over SSL requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default lo-
     cation for the certificate file is /usr/local/share/courier-imap/imapd.pem.
     mkimapdcert generates a self-signed X.509 certificate, mainly for	testing.
     For  production  use  the	X.509 certificate must be signed by a recognized
     certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the certificate.

     /usr/local/share/courier-imap/imapd.pem must be owned by the  courier  user
     and  have	no  group or world permissions. The mkimapdcert command will en-
     force this. To prevent an unfortunate accident, mkimapdcert will  not  work
     if /usr/local/share/courier-imap/imapd.pem already exists.

     mkimapdcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

FILES
     /usr/local/share/courier-imap/imapd.pem
	 X.509 certificate.

     /usr/local/etc/courier-imap/imapd.cnf
	 Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X.509 certificate.

SEE ALSO
     courier(8)[1]

AUTHOR
     Sam Varshavchik
	 Author

NOTES
      1. courier(8)
	 https://www.courier-mta.org/courier.html

Courier Mail Server		   05/03/2026			  MKIMAPDCERT(8)

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