wildcard ssl certificate - exchange 2010 - POP/IMAP problem

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Published on 2010-02-04T15:09:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 22:08 UTC
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previously we have requested a wildcard ssl certificate from godaddy for our major domain. one of the reasons was the new established exchange server 2010. usually you require following names included in certificiate:

  • FQDN (e.g. mail.whatever.com)
  • Hostname (mail)
  • Domain name (whatever.com)
  • Autodiscover.whatever.com
  • MX Record

with the wildcard certificate these are all covered (except of the local hostname). During creation/importing of the ssl certificate into exchange 2010, exchange first asks, if a wildcard certificate is used and then encounters an error -> due to the certificate is a wildcard certificate and not a certificate especially generated for the FQDN, SSL for POP and IMAP can not be provided.

couldn't find any workaround or solution for this on google, so I hope, maybe some one here has an answer or solution for me! :)

the exchange 2010 is running on a windows server 2008 R2 enterprise.

thanks in advance and best regards, sise

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