Re: fetchmail syslog messages

["Pete Clarke" <pete@devilincarnate.eclipse.co.uk>]

> > Apr  3 12:40:02 big fetchmail[4337]: Server CommonName mismatch: 
> > localhost != mail.mesanetworks.net
> > Apr  3 12:40:02 big fetchmail[4337]: Server certificate verification 
> > error: self signed certificate
>
> It just means that the remote end haven't set up their server
> certificate properly. Nothing to worry about, unless you're concerned
> that their DNS might get hijacked and you're worried that you might one
> day be fetching mail from someone who is not your ISP; good luck trying
> to get them to fix it, though ;)

I get this a lot too - I even raised a case with my ISP's support only to be 
told:

"Well, noone else has complained";
"It's a problem with your mail application"

and other unhelpful responses.  Gave up in the end and just live with the 
extra noise in the logfile.

Cheers,



Pete.