What You ve Learned

What You've Learned

• Use SSL wherever possible when setting up a mail server.

• Use Certificate Assistant to create your own certificate.

• Once a certificate has been added to your keychain, you can start using it with the Apple Mail application.

• The Apple Mail service permits many authentication methods, such as Kerberos and CRAM-MD5.

• Requiring the use of certificates when checking e-mail decreases the risk someone else will view your e-mail in transit.

• Enable virus and spam detection on your e-mail servers to reduce the number of potential attacks and unwanted e-mail traffic.

References

Apple Knowledge Base Documents

Document 25555, "How to Use a Secure Email Signing Certificate (Digital ID)": http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum_25555

URLs

Apple Collaboration Services Administration: http://images.apple.com/server/pdfs/Collaboration_Services_v10.4.pdf

Apple Mail Service Administration: http://images.apple.com/server/pdfs/Mail_Service_v10.4.pdf