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How to fix the SSL “Verify Certificate” issue in Leopard Mail

August 26th, 2008 brian cometa 22 comments


Does this screen look familiar?


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If you’re constantly having to click “Always trust XXX when connecting to XXX” when using Mail with SSL on, your solution may be a few clicks away.

In the above image, notice that it says “Always trust “smtp.gmail.com” when connecting to “imap.gmail.com”.” The problem here is that Leopard won’t ever trust a certificate (even after clicking the check box) when the server you entered in your account details doesn’t match the server name the certificate is using.

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In this case, imap.gmail.com should be changed to smtp.gmail.com to reflect the name of the server on the certificate and the problem goes away like magic!

Here’s another slightly more complicated example…
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New Leopard “Sleep Display” Shortcut

August 24th, 2008 brian cometa 1 comment

Picture 6.pngAs you probably know, I’m all about shortcuts and using the keyboard instead of the mouse to improve efficiency and productivity. Well, there’s a new shortcut in Leopard just for sleeping the display (I did have a hot corner setup, but this is faster and easier): Shift+Control+Eject

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Move Mail Messages to Folders in Hyperspeed Using MsgFiler

August 16th, 2008 brian cometa No comments

Picture 3.pngIf you’re like me, you organize your Mac Mail into folders (aka Mailboxes). I like to keep my Inbox as close to empty as possible — that means, when I get new messages I move them out of the Inbox and to their appropriate folder immediately.

Since I have 5 IMAP e-mail accounts all with their own folder structures AND Mail folders stored locally on my computer, it can sometimes take a while to navigate to the folder I need. Once I find the correct folder, I have to physically click-and-drag the message from the Inbox to the appropriate organized folder. Although it’s not really all that bad — there’s a much better way…

MsgFiler!
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Make a MobileMe Status Dashboard Widget

August 11th, 2008 brian cometa No comments

During the MobileMe mail outage today, I thought of a convenient way to check MobileMe’s status using Safari’s new Web Clip Widget:

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(notice the error above: mobileme mail is down and it still says all services are okay… see apple’s correction on the next page)

Keep reading for the 3 easy steps to make your own MobileMe Status Widget…
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