Re: [Evolution] Problem accepting certificates

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

this will be fixed in 2.0.3

as a workaround, don't click 'check for supported types'.

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 13:16 -0600, Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> Using Evolution 2.0.2 under Fedora Core 3, I'm trying to add a new
> IMAP/SMTP account using SSL both ways.  The certificate for the SMTP
> server expired, but I want to accept it anyways.  When "Use Secure
> Connection (SSL)" is set to "Always" or "Whenever Possible" and I
> click "Check for Supported Types", I get the Evolution Warning dialog
> box saying "SSL Certificate check for [server]:" and all the info.
>
> At the bottom it says "Do you wish to accept?" with OK and Cancel
> buttons.  Problem is, I can't actually click OK or Cancel.  When I
> click on them (or attempt to close the window some other way) nothing
> happens...the window stays there, and Evolution is essentially frozen.
>
> If I run Evolution with --debug=[filename] I get the following:
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: Invalid root:
> '/home/jeff/.evolution/mail/local/Drafts.ibex.index'
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: version: TEXT.000 (TEXT.000)
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: block size: 1024 (1024) OK
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: free: 0 (0 add size < 1024) OK
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: last: 6144 (6144 and size: 1024) BAD
>
> (evolution:4219): camel-WARNING **: flags: unSYNC
>
> (evolution:4219): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktreesortable.c: line 137
> (gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_column_id): assertion
> `GTK_IS_TREE_SORTABLE (sortable)' failed
>
> I've seen this behavior before with other mail servers, and I got
> around it by getting their certificates by other means and manually
> adding it to Evolution's certificates repository, so that it didn't
> bring up this popup.
>
> Am I doing something wrong or should I be submitting a bug report? 
> Either way, does anyone know how I can pull certificates off of a
> server that I have no access to other than through the SMTP server
> itself, so that I can manually add it?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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