I sat down yesterday and worked out the parameters for using SSL with Spamcop's excellent IMAP4 / SMTP servers. I'm using Pegasus 4.51 on Windows 7 but these settings should be version independent. These instructions assume you currently have Pegasus working correctly with Spamcop's mail servers but enough information is provided here to configure an account from scratch.
In Pegasus click on Tools -> Manage IMAP Profiles -> Edit
On the Security tab tick the "Via direct SSL connect" and tick the "Enable server certificate fingerprint tracking". Leave the "Current certificate fingerprint" box empty. Pegasus will fill it in after making the first connection.
On the Connection tab the IMAP Server address is mail.spamcop.net with Server port 993. Login name (your Spamcop email address) and Password are required.
From what I've read, the Spamcop POP3 server uses port 995 for SSL connections but I have not tried this as I prefer using IMAP.
The above settings configures your IMAP mail retrieval to use a secure SSL connection. Before going any further, test the above configuration by sending yourself an email. Once you've received your test message and checked to see it is readable, you'll want to configure your SMTP mail sending to use a secure SSL connection.
Back at the main Pegasus tool bar click Tools -> Internet options. Click the Sending (SMTP) tab and Edit your Spamcop SMTP host settings.
On the Security tab tick the "Via STARTTLS" and tick the "Enable server certificate fingerprint tracking". Again, leave the "Current
certificate fingerprint" box empty as Pegasus will fill it in after
making the first connection. In the SMTP Authentication section the "Login to the SMTP server using the following details:" needs to be ticked and filled in with your Spamcop email address and password.
On the General tab the Server host name is smtp.cesmail.net with Server TCP/IP port 587.
From what I've read, the Spamcop SMTP server will also accept secure connections on port 25 but I have not tried this as port 25 is routinely blocked on many routers.
Again, you'll want to send and receive a test message to insure your configuration is working correctly.
In case you weren't aware, Spamcop's webmail also supports secure connections by using the url https://webmail.spamcop.net/
Hopefully someone will find these instructions helpful.
Michael Golden
<p>I sat down yesterday and worked out the parameters for using SSL with Spamcop's excellent IMAP4 / SMTP servers.&nbsp; I'm using Pegasus 4.51 on Windows 7 but these settings should be version independent.&nbsp; These instructions assume you currently have Pegasus working correctly with Spamcop's mail servers but enough information is provided here to configure an account from scratch.
</p><p>In Pegasus click on Tools -&gt; Manage IMAP Profiles -&gt; Edit</p><p>On the Security tab tick the "Via direct SSL connect" and tick the "Enable server certificate fingerprint tracking".&nbsp; Leave the "Current certificate fingerprint" box empty.&nbsp; Pegasus will fill it in after making the first connection.
</p><p>On the Connection tab the IMAP Server address is mail.spamcop.net with Server port 993.&nbsp; Login name (your Spamcop email address) and Password are required. </p><p>From what I've read, the Spamcop POP3 server uses port 995 for SSL connections but I have not tried this as I prefer using IMAP.</p><p>The above settings configures your IMAP mail retrieval to use a secure SSL connection. Before going any further, test the above configuration by sending yourself an email.&nbsp; Once you've received your test message and checked to see it is readable, you'll want to configure your SMTP mail sending to use a secure SSL connection.</p><p>Back at the main Pegasus tool bar click Tools -&gt; Internet options.&nbsp; Click the Sending (SMTP) tab and Edit your Spamcop SMTP host settings.</p><p>On the Security tab tick the "Via STARTTLS" and tick the "Enable server certificate fingerprint tracking".&nbsp; Again, leave the "Current
certificate fingerprint" box empty as Pegasus will fill it in after
making the first connection.&nbsp; In the SMTP Authentication section the "Login to the SMTP server using the following details:" needs to be ticked and filled in with your Spamcop email address and password.</p><p>On the General tab the Server host name is smtp.cesmail.net with Server TCP/IP port 587.&nbsp; </p><p>From what I've read, the Spamcop SMTP server will also accept secure connections on port 25 but I have not tried this as port 25 is routinely blocked on many routers.</p><p>Again, you'll want to send and receive a test message to insure your configuration is working correctly. </p><p>In case you weren't aware, Spamcop's webmail also supports secure connections by using the url https://webmail.spamcop.net/</p><p>Hopefully someone will find these instructions helpful.</p><p>Michael Golden&nbsp;
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