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--></head><body><div class="refentry" title="mkesmtpdcert"><a id="id410892" shape="rect"> </a><div class="titlepage"/><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>mkesmtpdcert — Create a secure SMTP test certificate</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">@sbindir@/mkesmtpdcert</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a id="id410622" shape="rect"> </a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>
Secure ESMTP requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate.  The default
location for the certificate file is <code class="filename">@datadir@/esmtpd.pem</code>.
The <span class="command"><strong>mkesmtpdcert</strong></span> 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.</p><p>
<code class="filename">@datadir@/esmtpd.pem</code> must be owned by the @mailuser@ user
and have no group or world permissions.  The <span class="command"><strong>mkesmtpdcert</strong></span>
command will enforce this.  To prevent an unfortunate accident,
<span class="command"><strong>mkesmtpdcert</strong></span> will not work if
<code class="filename">@datadir@/esmtpd.pem</code> already exists.</p><p>
<span class="command"><strong>mkesmtpdcert</strong></span> requires OpenSSL to be installed.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="SEE ALSO"><a id="id410683" shape="rect"> </a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p>
<a class="ulink" href="courier.html" target="_top" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">courier</span>(8)</span></a>.</p></div></div></body></html>
