Monday, August 22, 2011

FYI: Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, IMAP or POP will not work with Android version 2.3.4 with self-signed SSL certificate.


If you are like me and purchased a new Droid3 by Motorola (Which I love by the way), or another Android OS based device that has version 2.3.4 installed, you might notice that some of your Corporate email (Microsoft ActiveSync), IMAP or POP connections are no longer working.


This is because the email client installed with version 2.3.4 does not accept SSL connections from Microsoft Exchange servers or any other Mail server with self-signed certificates.


This is especially a big deal if your mail server in question is Microsoft Exchange 2010.

So to fix this is simple:

Acquire a SSL certificate from a 3rd party source (Go Daddy, Network Solutions, DYNDNS, etc.) and install it on your Exchange server and your connection problems with your mobile clients should go away.

When purchasing your certificate there will be various decisions to make in regards to the certificate depending on your Exchange environment (i.e. Multiple domains, Unified Messaging, Auto Discovery, Outlook Anywhere, etc.)

Hopes this helps someone out there!

Enjoy!

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