How To Create A Secure Imap/Pop Mail Account in Pine, Kmail & Netscape

Here are the most necessity steps how to create a SECURE IMAP/POP mail account. For those who already have a imap/pop mail account the only thing you have to do is to tell your mailclient to do so. How ? If you use a Kmail please check Kmail part and go to Receiving section. For a Netscapemail user go to Netscape part and look for Server Setting and if you are using pine check the inbox-path.

Bear in mind that the description is written based on imaps assumption. If you choose for pops please read imap as pop and port 993 as 995.

Pine Configuration

Start Pine and Choose

Setup → Config

• smtp-server: smtp.nikhef.nl
• inbox-path: {imap.nikhef.nl/ssl}inbox
• Or, if there is a failure of validating the issuer certificate
• inbox-path: {imap.nikhef.nl/ssl/user=login_name/novalidate-cert}inbox
• Check other options to taste
• Save the change

If you need the issuer certificate for linux on your laptop or pc, you can copy it by typing
scp your_login@login.nikhef.nl:/usr/share/ssl/certs/16da7552.0 /usr/share/ssl/certs/

Kmail Configuration

Start Kmail and choose:

Settings → Configure KMail → New

• New Identity: any name
• Choose With empty field
• OK

Choose → General

• Name: your real name
• Organization: NIKHEF
• Email Address: your email address

Choose → Advanced (optional)

Choose → Signature (optional)

Network → Sending → Add

If you choose Sendmail:

• Check Verify the location of sendmail
• OK

If you choose SMTP:

• Name: any name
• Host: smtp.nikhef.nl
• Port: 25
• Server requires authentication: None
• OK

Network → Recieving → Add

• Account Type: IMAP
• OK

Choose → General

• Name: name
• Login: uid
• Host: imap.nikhef.nl
• Port: 993 (imaps)
• Prefix to folder: /Mail or NONE
• Check Automatically compact folders
• Check Enable Interval mailchecking
• Check other options to taste
• OK

Choose → Security

• Choose Use SSL for secure mail download
• Choose Login or Clean Text or Plain
• OK

Miscellaneous

• Choose By default mail folder on disk are flat files ("mbox format")
• Choose Compact All Folders
• Choose Empty trash
• Choose other options to taste
• OK

Netscape Configuration

Start Netscape and hold CTRL+2 keys.
If you start from the scratch a Account Wizard will comes up
If that is the case Cancel, Exit and Choose:

Edit → Mail & Newsgroups Account Setting

• Outgoing Server
• Server Name: smtp.nikhef.nl
• Left Port:blank
• Choose No Use name and password
• Choose Never Use secure connection (SSL)

AddAccount

• Choose Email account
• Choose Next
• Your Name: xxxxx
• Email Address: your_emailaddress
• Choose Next
• Choose IMAP
• Incoming Server: imap.nikhef.nl
• Choose Next
• User Name: your_login_name
• Choose Next
• Account Name: Name_To_Refer_This_Account
• Choose Next
• Choose Finish

On the left side appears a new option under the "Account Name"

• Choose Server Setting
• Choose Use Secure Connection (SSL)
• Check other option to taste
• Choose Advance
• Imap server directory: mail
• OK
• Choose Local Folder
• Change Local directory: /user/your_login_name/mail

Don't forget to subscribe your folders if needed by clicking rightside mouse on the Account Name

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