Mail repeatedly asks to verify certificate

Hi
Using Mail 3.6 on 10.5.8
When I send from my .me account I am repeatedly ask to verify the recipient, with an oval connect button.
Can I stop mail from asking me this every time?
AS

To Clarify,
"Mail can't verify the identitiy of "smtp.mail.me.com".
The certificate for this serve was signed by an unknown certifying authority. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be "smtp.mail.me.com" which could put your confidential information at risk. Would you like to connect to the server anyway?
I get three balloons to chose from, show certificate, cancel, and connect.

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