The first step involves the setup of your mail client. Troubleshooting the Can’t Verify the Server with Mac or Apple Mail Steps to setup Trust for Self-signed Certificate This tutorial will walk you through the steps needed to make sure that your secure settings will work and your self-signed certificate is saved on your computer so that you don’t have to continually confirm the identity of your mail server. The error “Mail can’t verify the identify of the server xxxxxx” often appears when working with the secure (SSL) settings for your mail client (where “xxxxxx” is the name of your server). The main thing that we are addressing in this article is the verification of the mail server during setup.
Nothing is more frustrating for new (or old) Apple users than trying to get the Apple mail client working properly during it’s initial setup.
