Wifi ON & Email-Cannot Verify Server Identity message

[iPinkk]

I set up my wifi today on my 4S iOS5.0.1 so that when i'm home i'll be hooked up to wifi, and when i leave my house it'll automatically jump back to 3G on Verizon's network.

Now i've noticed when i'm hooked into my wifi at home, i've been getting this error message pop up, see the ss's below:


when i click on "details" this is the next screen to come up:


from that screen, if i click on "more details", i get a whole list of things. IDK what they are, i didn't get a ss of that.

SO, does anyone know what this means and how i can correct it ? This msg will pop up while on wifi and when i try to access my email accounts also, sometimes it will just pop up on my home screen, i have 2 AOL and 1 Yahoo.

TIA for any help

[iPinkk]

Ok, from a reply at Tipb that i rec'd to delete one of the accts, i decided to delete BOTH of my AOL accounts--the first one re-added and verified with no problems, the 2nd would not. I had to re-set the pw to that account from my laptop and then i was able to re-add and verify back to my 4S. So, i'm hoping that was the problem. Perhaps yesterday when i did the iOS update it kicked it out for some reason ??? idk.

I've turned wifi back on and i will watch to see what happens now.

Edit: a short time after doing that last night, I got the error msg again so then I deleted and re-added my yahoo acct. So now all 3 were freshly added. I just turned wifi back on this morn(sat.) so I will see what happens now.

[joe_fresh]

I had the same issue. Ended up my settings were wrong on my phone had to set them as pop.aim and smtp.aim

[iPinkk]

Originally Posted by joe_fresh

I had the same issue. Ended up my settings were wrong on my phone had to set them as pop.aim and smtp.aim

Thanks for your reply Joe, I thought I was starting to lose my mind when that started happening--and it would only do it when I was connected to wifi, when I was on 3G the error msg wouldn't come up.

Well since I made this post last night, I've deleted and re-added all 3 accounts. I never touched the settings on any of my email accts since I got my iPhone last Friday, so I'm wondering if when I did the software update it jogged something. Idk.

So last night they were re-added freshly, 2 aol & 1 yahoo, and I turned my wifi back on this morning so I will see how it goes now.

If it happens again, I will look into what my settings are and should be then, although I have no clue where I'd even begin with that lol, so I may have to PM you and pick your brain (that is if you wouldn't mind if I needed to)

[joe_fresh]

I found my settings on aol mail through my aol account.

[iPinkk]

Originally Posted by joe_fresh

I found my settings on aol mail through my aol account.

ok, that error msg just popped up on me again

So thru your iphone, aol/settings--what exactly do i have to look for to change? right now what i see on my aol account for SMTP: smtp.aol.com and for my yahoo is just says : Yahoo! SMTP server

thanks for you help

[joe_fresh]

i looked mine up via my laptop but, do you have your aol set up for imap or pop mail?

[joe_fresh]

IMAP Setup Information

Email Address: joeythacableguy@aol.com
IMAP Username: example@aol.com
Incoming Mail Server: imap.aim.com
SMTP Outgoing Server Address: smtp.aim.com
Set the port to 587
SMTP Username: example@aol.com
SMTP Password: same as used to login to Mail

For a secure connection check the SSL option for IMAP/POP and TLS for SMTP in your mail program.

POP Setup Information

Email Address: example@aol.com
POP Username: example@aol.com
Incoming Mail Server: pop.aim.com

SMTP Outgoing Server Address: smtp.aim.com
Set the port to 587
SMTP Username: example@aol.com
SMTP Password: same as used to login to Mail

For a secure connection check the SSL option for IMAP/POP and TLS for SMTP in your mail program.

[iPinkk]

Originally Posted by joe_fresh

i looked mine up via my laptop but, do you have your aol set up for imap or pop mail?

ok, idk. how would i figure that out. sorry, i'm not familiar with this at all.

[joe_fresh]

Originally Posted by iPinkk

ok, idk. how would i figure that out. sorry, i'm not familiar with this at all.

go to settings find the aol account giving you issues, open that up and set them for pop like i posted above, you may need to go into the advanced tab to get to other settings.

[joe_fresh]

Originally Posted by iPinkk

ok, that error msg just popped up on me again

So thru your iphone, aol/settings--what exactly do i have to look for to change? right now what i see on my aol account for SMTP: smtp.aol.com and for my yahoo is just says : Yahoo! SMTP server

thanks for you help

the settings for aol accounts should be pop.aim.com and smtp.aim.com for some reason it does not like the aol.com

[iPinkk]

Originally Posted by joe_fresh

go to settings find the aol account giving you issues, open that up and set them for pop like i posted above, you may need to go into the advanced tab to get to other settings.

i have 2 aol's, so i'm not sure which one it is i'm so confused right now. idk if they are imap or pop.

i guess i can just call apple and see if they can help me.

[joe_fresh]

best bet if you can view this thread from your laptop, the settings i posted above should help you

[iPinkk]

Ok, heres where i'm at with this now. I just called Apple Tech support--apparently the pop up is for an SSL that is a "self-signed" certificate and when it goes through wifi it reacts differently--if that makes any sense. So the Apple Tech did speak with a Senior Tech and they have instructed me to "accept" the pop up certificate errors that come up, and it will not cause any harm to my device. On 3G they apparently go through automatically.

So i'm back on wifi just waiting patiently now for my pop ups to flow in and accept them. The Tech did advise me that this should correct the issue(s) and assigned me a case number for any future probs that may arise--hopefully not !!

I will keep a watch and update this thread with what my out come is !!

ps: thx again joe for all your help

[joe_fresh]

your welcome... any time...