On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 10:13:20PM +0000, James Harper wrote:
fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: self signed certificate fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: certificate has expired
If you want the error go to away then turn off TLS.
you're telling him to misconfigure fetchmail so that it sends his login and password in clear text over the internet. bad advice.
Are you sure the choices are only plaintext or TLS/SSL??
I haven't used fetchmail in nearly a decade but I'm sure there were challenge/response authentication methods available. If I'm wrong about that and the choices really are plaintext or TLS/SSL then I withdraw my suggestion.
This makes for interesting reading... http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G10 James