# Reply by email SSL self signed certificate error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-ssl-self-signed-certificate-error/30868>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 7, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-ssl-self-signed-certificate-error/30868 "2015-07-07T18:40:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-ssl-self-signed-certificate-error/30868/2 "2015-07-07T18:44:41Z")

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> [@AstonJ](#):
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> I have a self signed cert

This should be the troublemaker. By default, Discourse uses a secure connection, and since the certificate is not trusted, this won’t work.

I don’t think you can easily trust your certificate. You might be able to make it work by using an unencrypted connection (look for the `pop3 polling ssl` setting), but I wouldn’t do that unless the connection is to localhost.

The best solution might be to get a (possibly free) signed certificate.

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