ello I have successfully installed howtoforge ubuntu breezy and everything is working great except smtp tls. here is a copy of the problem from mail.log. I would very much appreciate any information that woudl help me with this issue. I have been trying to figure this out all day. Mar 6 20:47:22 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: warning: cannot get private key from file /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt Mar 6 20:47:22 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: warning: TLS library problem: 15657:error:0906D06CEM routinesEM_read_bio:no start lineem_lib.c:642:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY: Mar 6 20:47:22 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: warning: TLS library problem: 15657:error:140B0009:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_fileEM lib:ssl_rsa.c:709: Mar 6 20:47:22 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: cannot load RSA certificate and key data Mar 6 20:47:27 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: connect from unknown[67.50.128.80] Mar 6 20:47:42 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: lost connection after STARTTLS from unknown[67.50.128.80] Mar 6 20:47:42 bbmail3 postfix/smtpd[15657]: disconnect from unknown[67.50.128.80] Additional information: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ls -l /etc/postfix/ssl total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 969 2006-03-06 20:12 cacert.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 963 2006-03-06 20:12 cakey.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741 2006-03-06 20:11 smtpd.crt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 631 2006-03-06 20:11 smtpd.csr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 887 2006-03-06 20:11 smtpd.key root@bbmail3:/etc/postfix# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ root@bbmail3:/etc/postfix/ssl# cat smtpd.crt -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIB9TCCAV4CCQDG3QcPheHAVjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADA/MQswCQYDVQQGEwJV UzOpkSo2VCwtCQoa7755gAmldydeOru vacIU4Heskrv6PVj/0CWLvDhh7gvkydN0XLZMp21j22b2m8fRhuI+X9c/neesEQ0 BxV0F+ixLs+2bIMseMFBrSrCx6AuBITL9Q== -----END CERTIFICATE----- root@bbmail3:/etc/postfix/ssl# NOTE: The middle of the ssl cert was removed. I was not able to find any information online about the problem that I am having. I have redone the openssl steps from: http://howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10_p4