How to see server certificate?
Hello,
How can I see the certificate for the email servers (imap, pop, smtp)? I don't see anything in the account settings. Am I missing something?
Thank you!
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Tools|Options|Advanced|Certificates
Modified by Zenos
I went there and I clicked on "Manage certificates". All I can see are expired certificates and not even one from my mail servers.
Am I missing something?
No. I don't think you can check the actual server cert with Thunderbird, unless there is an error. In that case you do get an exception prompt, and can inspect the problematic cert.
You may look for an extension on AMO giving you access to the server certs. https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/
Beyond that see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1116781
Unfortunately, I did not find any extension doing it. It seems people are asking for such feature since 2007.
I am curious, why would you want to actually view the certificate offered?
If I wish to "test" a server I use this site https://www.htbridge.com/ssl/
Yes, I'm using this website :) but it takes time as it check many things (cipher suites, and so on) and fails in some cases.
I see many reasons: To check until when the certificate is valid, if it changed, what is the CA, the fingerprints, the object, the alternative names, the encryption algorithm, the key length, etc.
Thunderbird is checking it each times anyway when initiate TLS or StartTLS connections, so I'd like to be able to see it.
With Firefox, It takes 4 clicks to view the certificate. I use it all the time to (double) check if the new certificate was properly take into account. I would like to be able to do the same with Thunderbird.
Modified by Analogue
I have the same issue, I spent way too much time looking for this and to be honest, I am surprised that it's not possible. I had to resort to using openssl to view the certificate.
It's really bad that everything security is being gradually hidden from the users.