Oh, ofcourse - a pipe - silly me ;)
But no, I don't know how it came there - I must have accidently done a typo while editing the mail. It looks like that on the server:

##
## SSL settings
##
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.cert
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key
#ssl_key_password = passphrase



server [~]# cat /etc/ssl/mail/mail.cert
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIC6TCCAlKgAwIBAgIJAN4Jfaj9QgEhMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIGqMQswCQYD
VQQGEwJERTEbMBkGA1UECBMSQmFkZW4tV3VlcnR0ZW1iZXJnMREwDwYDVQQHEwhO
ZXVicm9ubjEWMBQGA1UEChMNTmV0T2NlYW4gR21iSDETMBEGA1UECxMKV2ViSG9z
dGluZzEYMBYGA1UEAxMPc2VydmVyLm5ldG9jZWFuMSQwIgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhVh
ZG1pbkBzZXJ2ZXIubmV0b2NlYW4wHhcNMTAwNzExMTgwMzQ4WhcNMzAwNzA2MTgw
MzQ4WjCBqjELMAkGA1UEBhMCREUxGzAZBgNVBAgTEkJhZGVuLVd1ZXJ0dGVtYmVy
ZzERMA8GA1UEBxMITmV1YnJvbm4xFjAUBgNVBAoTDU5ldE9jZWFuIEdtYkgxEzAR
BgNVBAsTCldlYkhvc3RpbmcxGDAWBgNVBAMTD3NlcnZlci5uZXRvY2VhbjEkMCIG
CSqGSIb3DQEJARYVYWRtaW5Ac2VydmVyLm5ldG9jZWFuMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB
AQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDFiBWAJ893Ocm4dooDHHkNRZcvC4N5qjfx1wywoS2DlnV4
GwBQPYcyewx5ptcjqq863r3rvHhbNeJbcnh8jNATTxto8r2NkadwccXw4LtqpfAS
A2dhuYt8zKhiI2tlfZNCzSzDmqid4NuxKiNQGNB6OU6/x2vp0ZFTwstIr7TMAwID
AQABoxUwEzARBglghkgBhvhCAQEEBAMCBkAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEAtlPa
GQ4Weyi9vlIDLL4PgGsNk4sR4Ca2gbYLTd5HaSkww+BKIfz1OkFEmsNozNSo19PJ
WaOp7exCN23j5Z/+qfZSGgUAelJHxRJ0Mc8YmtTuLKaNHxWYBJit3T3n1lbuFENe
vdh8oCo6GKjjm7RkbkEvTvdzrOdztXZt3Ij4gLE=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
server [~]#





server [~]# cat /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
server [~]#







P.S. I just re-tested the whole procedure with 2.0.0.24 - and it didn't complain at all - it's just Thunderbird 3.1 where I faced the issue the very first time. weired.









Am 12.07.10 19:23, schrieb Daniel Petre:
hey,
check your dovecot.conf :

"ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key"

is that a pipe, a vertical sign after "mail.key" ?


Thanks for your reply.
What do you mean by "pipe"

See, I can even connect via the console from the outside:


|Notebook [~]$ openssl s_client -CApath ~/.cert/XYZ.com/ -connect
XYZ.com:993
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0 /C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
verify error:num=18:self signed certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
verify return:1
---
Certificate chain
0 s:/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
i:/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
issuer=/C=DE/ST=BW/L=City/O=HomeServer
GmbH/OU=WebHosting/CN=XYZ.com/emailaddress=ad...@xyz.com
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 1313 bytes and written 325 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
Server public key is 1024 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
Protocol  : TLSv1
Cipher    : DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
Session-ID:
54DC3526DB721308D460CBAF21D562958D34ED146332F0B4ACBE9E1311633ED1
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key:
1BCB1FA49855FC38ACB52C2CD8D54594C006116220D66FA0E74F68663AFE3FC09086B9
BFB1FE0E515681A2E0DC7C1AFC Key-Arg   : None Start Time: 1278952607
Timeout   : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 18 (self signed
certificate) --- * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-
REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=CRAM-MD5] NetOcean MailSystem ^C Notebook
[~]$|


Am 12.07.10 19:11, schrieb Daniel Petre:
dude, whats the pipe at the end of the mail.key location?

It's always the same when it fails ...


And this is how my dovecot.conf looks like:

[...]

|##
## SSL settings
##
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.cert
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mail/mail.key|

[...]


Thank you

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