So mercurial aborts when you want to interact with a repository that uses a self-signed certificate, as is the case for my own little mercurial repo exposed over https.

NOTE: this is obviously insecure and you must verify the ssl cert’s fingerprint is correct. If you roll your own server, log into the server and get the fingerprint from the cert file itself, not over https since there could be a man in the middle.

So mercurial aborts when you want to interact with a repository that uses a self-signed certificate, as is the case for my own little mercurial repo exposed over https.

NOTE: this is obviously insecure and you must verify the ssl cert’s fingerprint is correct. If you roll your own server, log into the server and get the fingerprint from the cert file itself, not over https since there could be a man in the middle.

Introduction

Alright, this is a quick guide for the impatient but otherwise experienced linux admin/hacker/hobbyist. Some past postfix experiences might be advantageous for general understanding and troubleshoooting.

Why would I want a local postfix and relay to another smtp anyway? Simple: When my application code needs to send an e-mail, there is an SMTP server ready to accept the e-mail from me. It will then take care of everything else like re-delivery, dealing with being grey-listed and many other things. Also, if connectivity to the SES SMTP happens to be interrupted it’s no big deal because here too, the local postfix will handle re-sending for me. Nice, huh?

Introduction

Alright, this is a quick guide for the impatient but otherwise experienced linux admin/hacker/hobbyist. Some past postfix experiences might be advantageous for general understanding and troubleshoooting.

Why would I want a local postfix and relay to another smtp anyway? Simple: When my application code needs to send an e-mail, there is an SMTP server ready to accept the e-mail from me. It will then take care of everything else like re-delivery, dealing with being grey-listed and many other things. Also, if connectivity to the SES SMTP happens to be interrupted it’s no big deal because here too, the local postfix will handle re-sending for me. Nice, huh?