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IMAP/SSL in mutt 
================

To have SSL support in mutt, you need to install OpenSSL 
(http://www.openssl.org) library before compiling. Versions 0.9.3
and 0.9.4 have been tested.


IMAP/SSL folders can be accessed just like normal IMAP folders, but you
will also have to add '/ssl' before the closing curly brace. 

For example:
	mailboxes {localhost/ssl}inbox
	mailboxes {localhost:994/ssl}inbox


Each time a server is contacted, its certificate is checked against
known valid certificates. When an unknown certificate is encountered,
you are asked to verify it. If you reject the certificate, the
connection will be terminated immediately. If you accept the
certificate, the connection will be established. If you accept the
certificate, you can also save it so that further connections to the
server are automatically accepted. Certificates will be saved in the
file specified by $certificate_file variable. It is empty as default,
so if you don't want to verify certificates each time you connect to a
server, you have set this variable to some reasonable value.

For example:
	set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates


-- 
Tommi Komulainen
Tommi.Komulainen@iki.fi