Changed SSL Certificate

Changed SSL Certificate

Since January 2012, I have been picking up my ZOHO-hosted mail using an e-mail client (ClawsMail).  This has worked well until today, when a pop-up flashed me a warning that the SSL certificate had expired, and inviting me to accept an updated one.  I thought I had better check the details of the certificate first.

The owner on the old certificate was *.zoho.com (location Chennai), and the signer was Thawte SSL CA (in the US).  The certificate expired at 13/11/10(Sun) 23:59.  That all looked plausible.

The owner details in the new certificate are blank, which set my alarm bells ringing.  The signer is PositiveSSL CA 2 (in Salford, GB).  The new certificate is due to expire on 14/08/03(Sun) 23:59.  I decided to close the connection and post this message on the ZOHO forum.

Should I accept the new certificate?  Or what?

[UPDATE: just spotted Ramya's message about a new certificate for POP/IMAP/SMTP ... https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/community/topic/ssl-security-certificate-updated-pop-imap-and-smtp-servers ... looks like I should accept thePositiveSSL certificate, even though ZOHO is not mentioned on it ...?]