[Nfb-web] SSL certificate

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Rachel:
I didn't mean to disagree; I think that's a great idea and would solve 
the problem entirely. My comments were only with regard to the viability 
of having bluehost add a domain to the certificate.

Thanks,
On 12/12/2016 8:54 AM, Rachel Olivero via NFB-Web wrote:
> Brian and Tyler,
>
> The reason I suggested having an end user try to use nfbofillinois.org
> instead of mail.nfbofillinois.org, to see if this resolved the issue, is
> that in my experience with Bluehost the mail server is on the same
> shared server as the website. My thinking was this solution, if viable,
> would be a simpler fix than purchasing an additional cert.
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Dec 12, 2016, at 07:28, Littlefield, Tyler via NFB-Web wrote:
>> Hello,
>> This is something we can work with.
>> You can't just add mail.* to a domain after the certificate has been
>> issued and generally hosts have mail running on a different system.
>> If it's only affiliate members (board who you can tell this), just tell
>> them to accept the certificate and move on. You still have an SSL
>> enabled connection and you can permanently accept it.
>> If this isn't the case, you'll need to do 2 things:
>> 1) Ask Bluehost if they're able to establish an SSL certificate for you;
>> many host companies are not able to drop in a host certificate.
>> 2) Purchase a new certificate with the mail part of your domain.
>> On 12/12/2016 8:22 AM, Brian Mackey via NFB-Web wrote:
>>> Greetings to all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The error message is stating that the domain name listed on the certificate
>>> doesn't match the mail server for nfbofillinois.org. The certificate was
>>> obtained from BlueHost.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The domains listed on the certificate are:
>>>
>>> *        Nfbofillinois.org
>>>
>>> *        www.nfbofillinois.org <http://www.nfbofillinois.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pattie and I are working with Rachel Olivero to resolve this. She suggested
>>> either contacting BlueHost to resolve it since the certificate currently
>>> doesn't include mail.nfbofillinois.org, or try removing mail from the domain
>>> name when setting up our email accounts in Outlook or Apple. If you agree, I
>>> think Pattie and I should try contacting BlueHost first to see if the
>>> certificate can be extended to include the mail server as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian A. Mackey
>>>
>>> Brian A. Mackey
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>>>
>>> "Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make
>>> those dreams come true"
>>>       -Vince Papale
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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